ERIC Number: EJ1447370
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-4800
EISSN: EISSN-1945-2993
Using Interactive Games to Connect Older Adults with College Students
Diane Brothers Cook; Valerie Havill
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, v35 n2 p43-48 2024
A sample of 116 university students enrolled in developmental psychology courses participated in a study examining whether playing interactive video games with older adults would reduce students' misconceptions and negative stereotypes about older adults and increase their willingness to interact with older adults in the future. A service-learning group (n = 84) spent 10 hours playing interactive video games with older adults, while a comparison group (n = 32) participated in alternate activities. Results indicated that the service-learning group endorsed fewer negative stereotypes and had an increased desire to interact with older adults in the future than the comparison group.
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Psychology, Intergenerational Programs, Stereotypes, Service Learning, Interpersonal Competence, Video Games, Misconceptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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