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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a suspected surge of ageism in America and has imposed critical health and safety behavior modifications for people of all ages (Ayalon et al , 2020;Lichtenstein, 2020) Given that older adults are a high-risk group, maintaining their safety has been paramount in implementing preventive measures (i e , more handwashing, social distancing);however, making such behavior modifications might be contingent on how one views older adults (i e , ageist stereotypes) Therefore, the goal of the current pre-registered study was to explore if hostile and benevolent ageism relate to pandemic-related fear and behavior change An online survey assessing responses to the pandemic was taken by 164 younger and 171 older adults Higher hostile ageism predicted lower pandemic-related behavior modification Those high in benevolent ageism reported lower behavior change, but also reported higher pandemic-related fear;however, when pandemic-related fear was considered a mediator between the two, the directionality between benevolent ageism and behavior change switched, indicating a suppression effect These findings highlight that ageist attitudes do predict responses to the pandemic and that hostile and benevolent ageism are distinct facets that have unique implications during a health pandemic © Copyright © 2020 Vale, Stanley, Houston, Villalba and Turner
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