ACP2023 Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

Qualitative/Quantitative Research in any other area of Psychology

66949 | Investigation of the Wisdom of Older Adults to Live in Harmony with Nature

Yuho Shimizu, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Masashi Suzuki, Sompo Holdings, Inc., Japan

Yukako Hata, SAT Laboratory LLC, Japan

Toshiro Sakaki, SAT Laboratory LLC, Japan

Environmental destruction is progressing rapidly around the world, including in Japan. What familiar social groups should we refer to when we aim for a symbiosis between nature and humans? We believe that one of the appropriate social groups is older adults. They have developed a wide range of wisdom for living through the utilization of nature’s benefits and countermeasures against nature’s threats. Examples are agriculture that does not harvest more than necessary and traditional wooden houses with good ventilation. These pearls of wisdom have contributed greatly to the development of Japan’s agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries. In this study, a wide range of wisdom for living in harmony with nature (how to utilize nature’s benefits and countermeasures against nature’s threats) was investigated among older Japanese participants (N = 218, mean age = 73.04 years). An online survey was conducted, and participants responded in an open-ended format. A qualitative analysis was conducted to examine in detail which responses were frequent. As a result, specific examples of utilizing nature’s benefits included the management of fields by pest-eating animals. Specific examples of countermeasures against nature’s threats included wrapping towels around water pipes to withstand the winter cold. Meanwhile, older participants had a very favorable view of passing on the wisdom of living in harmony with nature to generations younger than themselves. The data from the open-ended survey of many older adults is of high material value and will be useful for improving the policies for supporting older adults.

67406 | The Lived Experiences of Stigma in Non-offending Pedophiles

Rebecca Heron, University of Houston-Victoria, United States

Non-offending pedophiles are an under-researched, hard-to-reach population. This group of individuals are often hesitant to come forward and fail to seek help ongoing stigma experienced in society. In order to better understand non-offending pedophiles experiences of their identity and the stigma they face, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 non-offending pedophiles, who were recruited through online support groups for individuals who have sexual attractions towards children. Participants were interviewed over skype and the data was analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) following Smith et al (2012) approach and a number of themes were generated from the rich data set produced. Four main themes emerged, providing insight into how non-offending pedophiles experience stigma. The themes included ‘stigma in relation to themselves’, ‘others’, ‘the media portrayal’ and ‘impact of stigma of MAP’s seeking treatment’. Findings are discussed in relation to existing literature and practical recommendations are proposed, which will hopefully allow this population to feel more comfortable sharing their sexual interests, resulting in them not offending and ultimately the prevention of sexual abuse. This study fills the void in terms of lack of research with this population, especially when it comes to qualitative in depth studies, including not just male minor attracted persons, but female minor attracted persons as well.

67437 | Biased Survival Expectations and Behaviours

Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto, University of Murcia, Spain

We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether they influence health and financial behaviours. Combining individual-level longitudinal, retrospective, and end of life data from several European countries for more than a decade, we estimate time-varying individual level bias in ‘survival expectations’ (BSE) and compare it to biased ‘meteorological expectations’ (BME). We exploit variation across individual’s family history (parental age at death) to estimate the effect of BSE on health and financial behaviours and compare it to the effect of BME. Finally, we discuss whether the effect of BSE results from the effect of private information, or other mechanism. We find that BSE increases the probability of adopting less risky health and financial behaviours. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in BSE changes the average individual probability of smoking by 48% (holding retirement accounts by 69%). In contrast, BME barely affects healthy behaviours, and is only associated with a change in some financial behaviours.

68026 | Intergenerational Differences and Inheritance of Marriage Between Born “Around-1975” and “After-1995” Groups Based on China

Jingxi Zheng, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

The globalised rise in late marriage and divorce rates is to some extent a reflection of life choices and attitudes towards marriage. China is a densely populated country, and after the one-child policy, most families have a pyramidal structure; in 2021, the Chinese government officially enacted the three-child policy, with the aim of stimulating and encouraging people to have more children. However, with the rapid development of the economy and modernisation, there are dynamic changes of individuals’ consideration. The target group for this study is the parents born around 1975, and their children, the millennials born after 1995. Seven pairs of families were recruited through snowball sampling. The study used a qualitative approach, with volunteers first completing a demographic questionnaire; semi-structured interviews allowed participants to explore and consider in depth, and asynchronous interviews compensated for the fact that some participants were unable to have simultaneous one-to-one online. The researcher forms four themes: the importance of marriage, love and cruelty in marriage, opposite sex kinship and mate choice, and women in marriage. The analysis concluded that there are similarities and contradictions in intergenerational perceptions of marriage, as well as differences between family units. Inheritance is in the identification of marital behaviour and family pressures, and differences revolve around the two generations' motivation for marriage and attitudes to non-mainstream marriage trends. However, parental influence on children is also externalised into acting styles such as reinforcement, correction, and avoidance of marriage due to the unique patterns of the individual internalised system.