Ageism in British Columbia: A Brief Report

Abstract

This short report, using Palmore (2001) Ageism Survey, presents data demonstrating the prevalence of Ageism in British Columbia, Canada. Correlation patterns relating to humour, employment, victimization and personal rejection are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on connecting ageism and relational self-esteem. Sources of respondents include: The Senior Connector, a newspaper distributed throughout British Columbia; the Council of Senior Citizen Organizations (COSCO), several Senior's Recreation centres throughout British Columbia and residents from a large seniors trailer park located in Aldergrove B.C. This study is a step toward understanding the nature of ageist experiences and development of approaches to reducing it. Another step is explicit strengthening of intergenerational relationships through community programming.

Psychometrics of Persian Version of the Ageism Survey Among an Iranian Older Adult Population During COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The current study's AVE, CR, Cronbach's alpha, and MaxR revealed that the ageism survey's short 11-item, three-factor Persian version has adequate convergent validity and construct reliability. The findings of this study are similar to previous studies by Palmore ( 23 ), Anderson and Yon ( 54 ), and Erol et al ( 24 ). Therefore, the assessment of ageism among the Iranian population can be anchored on the three valid and reliable subscales.…”

“…However, the findings of the factor structure examination of the original ageism survey were never presented. Anderson and Yon ( 54 ) also found that the items in the ageism survey were grouped into one main factor concurring with the findings of Palmore. Alternatively, Erol et al ( 24 ) evaluated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the ageism survey.…”

“…Erol et al ( 24 ) proposed replacing the second item in the survey with a new item ( My birthday was not celebrated because I'm old ), which improved the item-total correlation from 0.04 to 0.31. Although Anderson and Yon ( 54 ) did not report EFA and CFA results in their study, they indicated that some items (for example: having a doctor or nurse assume that an ailment was caused by age) were not significantly related to any of the other items. They used the ageism survey to report the prevalence of ageism and presented five ageism factors without identifying which items belonged to which factor.…”

Forensic entomology for the investigator

“…That is, data on insect succession collected from a research study in Florida may not be applicable to a death investigation case in the Nevada desert as the climates vary widely. Some studies have shown at the family level of taxonomic classification succession is stable across many habitats (Anderson, ; Anderson & VanLaerhoven, ; Archer & Elgar, ; Bornemissa, ; Carvalho, Thyseen, Linhares, & Palhares, ; Early & Goff, 1986; Payne, ; Reed, ; Tabor, Fell, & Brewster, ; Wells & LaMotte, ). However, at the more specific level of species, the succession patterns vary with respect to geographic region (Anderson & VanLaerhoven, ; Archer & Elgar, ; Carvalho et al, ; Early & Goff, 1986; Payne, ; Sukontason, Sukontason, Piangjai, & Tippanun, ; Tabor et al, ).…”