The present study examines the benefits of an in-person intergenerational contact program called SAGE (Successful Aging and Inter-Generational Experiences). The SAGE Program pairs older adults (M age 85 years) and younger adults (M age 23 years) for 2 to 3-hour weekly meetings over a 7-week period, where participants can share memories, skills, and values, and foster new perspectives and friendships. We expected the SAGE Program to benefit both older and younger participants with respect to identity processes, subjective well-being, positive mood, and wisdom while reducing ageist beliefs compared to old and young participants serving as their matched controls. Overall, participants in the SAGE Program reported greater identity synthesis,subjective well-being, and positive mood. Exploratory analyses suggested that identity synthesis is a likely mediator of that effect. The SAGE Program did not reduce ageist beliefs, but age differences in ageism were found. We address additional results,limitations, and future research directions.

本研究检验了名为 SAGE（成功老龄化和代际E经验）。SAGE 计划将老年人（年龄 85 岁）和年轻人（年龄 23 岁）配对，在 7 周的时间内每周举行 2 至 3 小时的会议，参与者可以在会上分享记忆、技能和价值观，并培养新的观点和友谊。我们期望 SAGE 计划在身份过程、主观幸福感、积极情绪和智慧方面使年长和年轻的参与者受益，同时与作为匹配对照的年长和年轻参与者相比减少年龄歧视信念。总体而言，SAGE 计划的参与者报告了更好的身份综合、主观幸福感和积极情绪。探索性分析表明，身份综合可能是这种影响的中介。SAGE 计划并未减少年龄歧视的信念，但发现了年龄歧视的年龄差异。我们处理额外的结果，