Some Correlates of Attitudes towards Old People

Naus, Peter J.

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“…Of course, other characteristics need to be studied, such as socioeconomic status, which has been found to affect attitudes (Naus, 1973). Positive attitudes toward the elderly decreased markedly with the age of the target person.…”

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Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly

Sanders¹,

Montgomery²,

Pittman³

et al. 1984

J Appl Gerontol

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This paper examines the attitudes of 35 male and 122 female college students toward six target groups of elderly individuals: males and females aged 65-74, 75-99 and 100 or older. A twenty-item semantic differential scale was used. Findings support the conclusion that the elderly are perceived as a heterogeneous group with age being an important discriminator, and with gender being less potent but, nevertheless, important. Older target groups were perceived less favorably than younger target groups, but actual values of attitude scores indicate that the least favorable means were in a neutral affect range rather than the more extreme negative range of possible scores. Finally, the effects of several characteristics of respondents on attitudes toward the elderly were examined. Only modest differences were found, suggesting that perceived differences between target groups are widely shared. Implications are discussed.A review of the literature on attitudes and perceptions of youth toward the elderly strongly suggests that the old are often viewed in a negative light (

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Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly

Sanders¹,

Montgomery²,

Pittman³

et al. 1984

J Appl Gerontol

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“…A high score indicates a negative attitude towards elderly people. In their original paper, Rosencranz & McNevin performed factor analysis on their results and identified three factors or dimensions on which attitude was assessed, though these factors have not been found by all researchers using the scale (Naus 1973; Gekoski et al 1991).…”

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Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people: a comparative analysis of students of Medicine, English and Computer Science and their teachers

Edwards

Aldous

1996

Medical Education

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Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people were assessed in 1091 students and lecturers from the London Hospital Medical College (LHMC), London, UK and the English and Computer Science departments of Queen Mary and Westfield College (QMW), London, UK. General knowledge about elderly people was measured by the Palmore 'Facts about Aging Quiz 1'. Attitudes towards elderly people were measured by the Rosencranz and McNevin Semantic Differential scale. A higher level of knowledge about elderly people was found both in medical students and in medical lecturers compared to their counterparts in the English and Computer Science departments (P < 0.001). The cross-sectional data indicated that medical students developed a significantly increasing knowledge about elderly people as they progressed through their training, in contrast to students of English and Computer Science. Scores on the Rosencranz & McNevin scale indicated that attitudes towards elderly people across all three groups of students and lecturers were similar. The scores obtained for all groups indicated that they held approximately neutral attitudes towards elderly people. A significant correlation (P < 0.001) was found between high levels of knowledge about elderly people, and positive attitudes towards them. The necessity of interventions to improve general attitudes towards and knowledge of elderly people among medical students is questioned. It is suggested that future research should look beyond surveys of general attitudes towards elderly people for the causes of the current lack of interest in geriatric medicine.

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“…Some studies find women to have slightly more negative views toward the elderly while other studies find men to have more negative attitudes (McTavish, 1971) . Fre quency of contact with the aged has been found to be corre lated with positive attitudes in several studies (Naus, 1973;Petty, 1977;Rosencranz & McNevin, 1969) while no relationship has been found in other studies (Chappell, 1977;Drake, 1957;Ivester & King, 1977).…”

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The impact of participation in an oral history project on adolescents' attitudes toward old people

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Some Correlates of Attitudes towards Old People

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly

Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly

Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people: a comparative analysis of students of Medicine, English and Computer Science and their teachers

The impact of participation in an oral history project on adolescents' attitudes toward old people

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