Let’s play together: Effects of video-game play on intergenerational perceptions among youth and elderly participants

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Highlights：

• Paired youth and elderly volunteers for video-game and non-video-game activities.

• Through pre-test and post-test, changes in intergenerational bonding computed.

• Bonding constructs include inter-age-group attraction, attitudes and anxiety.

• Video-game condition saw more positive changes in intergroup anxiety and attitudes.

• Game enjoyment influences positive intergenerational perceptions for the elderly.

摘要

•Paired youth and elderly volunteers for video-game and non-video-game activities.•Through pre-test and post-test, changes in intergenerational bonding computed.•Bonding constructs include inter-age-group attraction, attitudes and anxiety.•Video-game condition saw more positive changes in intergroup anxiety and attitudes.•Game enjoyment influences positive intergenerational perceptions for the elderly.

论文关键词：Older adults,Intergenerational perceptions,Video games,Leisure activity,Intergroup contact theory

论文评审过程：Available online 8 June 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.037