“…Studies show that ageism has a strong relationship with attitudes toward dementia, suggesting that PCC and compassion impact attitudes toward dementia [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] ]. However, to the authors' knowledge, no study has confirmed how PCC and compassion mediate the relationship between nursing students’ ageism and attitudes toward dementia.…”