In the present research, we examined cross-cultural generalizability of the roles of anxiety and intergenerational contact in age-based stereotype threat (ABST). To this end, we conducted studies in France (individualistic culture) and Indonesia (collectivistic culture). In the main study, elderly participants in France and in Indonesia completed the Digit Span task that was presented as memory (high-threat) or cognitive strategy task (low-threat). Using the bootstrapping method, we found that, in both countries, stereotype threat led to lowered performance among the elderly who had little or no contact with the young. Those with positive contacts, on the other hand, showed no performance decrement under high (vs. low) threat. Highlighting the importance of culture, performance anxiety mediates the effects of threat on the performance of the French elderly, versus intergroup anxiety for the Indonesians. Self-construal (independent vs. interdependent) associated with cultural orientation (individualistic vs. collectivistic) was proposed to explain the cultural difference in the type of anxiety as a mediator. This not only leads to suggestions for future research but also for possible real-life intervention strategies.

在本研究中，我们研究了跨文化的普遍性，即基于年龄的刻板印象威胁（ABST）中的焦虑和代际接触的作用。为此，我们在法国（个人文化）和印度尼西亚（集体文化）进行了研究。在主要研究中，法国和印度尼西亚的老年参与者完成了“数字跨度”任务，该任务表现为记忆（高威胁）或认知策略任务（低威胁）。使用自举方法，我们发现在这两个国家中，刻板印象威胁导致与年轻人接触很少或没有接触的老年人的表现降低。另一方面，那些拥有积极联系的人在高（相对于低）威胁下没有表现出下降。强调文化，表现焦虑的重要性调解了威胁对法国老年人的表现的影响，而对印尼人的群体间焦虑则没有影响。提出了与文化取向（个人主义与集体主义）相关的自我建构（独立与相互依存）来解释焦虑作为中介者的文化差异。这不仅为将来的研究提供了建议，还为可能的现实生活中的干预策略提供了建议。