A cross-cultural analysis of perception on ageist attitudes between Korean and American social work students

Priming effects of age stereotypes on memory of older adults in Korea

“…Today, negative attitudes toward the elderly are tending to increase in Asian cultures. Some studies have suggested that ageism is observed regardless of cultural background and that there are generally as many negative ageist attitudes in Korea as those in the United States (Lee, Jung, & Sumner, ; Yun & Lachman, ). However, these studies also have noted that despite increased negative attitudes toward the elderly, Koreans still have positive age stereotypes about issues related to Confucian teaching.…”

“…For example, in Lee et al. 's () study, social work students in Korea and the United States were asked to rate the degree of their agreement for items about a person with a terminal illness. All participants generally expressed more negative attitudes when the person was 80 years old than when she was 38.…”

“…However, for items measuring perceptions of death and age (e.g., “She has lived a long life.” “The social worker should get her ready for death.”), Koreans expressed more positive attitudes toward the older person than did Americans (e.g., Koreans, unlike Americans, disagreed that an 80‐year‐old person had lived a long life.) Perceptions of Koreans on death and age are deeply related to Confucian teachings that emphasize filial piety and wish the elderly a long life (e.g., Lee et al., ).…”

Yaşlanmayla İlgili Kalıp Yargı Tehdidinin Bellek Performansı Üzerindeki Etkisi

“…Yaşlılar kendilerine hizmet sunan profesyoneller tarafından da ayrımcılığa maruz kalabilmektedir. Hekim, hemşire ve sosyal çalışmacıların (Ben-Harush vd., 2017) ve psikologların (Bryant ve Koder, 2015); hekim, hemşire ve sağlık teknikeri adaylarının (Köse vd., 2015) ve sosyal hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin (Lee, Jung ve Sumner, 2015) yaşlanmaya yönelik negatif kalıp yargılara sahip oldukları ve yaşlı ayrımcılığına yönelik tutumlar sergiledikleri rapor edilmektedir. Sosyal hizmet alanının yaşlıların sosyal bağlamda maruz kaldıkları yaşçılığa ve yaşlılara yönelik ayrımcı tutumlara karşı güçlendirilmesi gerekmektedir.…”