Attitudes toward the elderly: An intergenerational examination.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jane E. Myers, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The relationship between children's attitudes toward older people and older people's perception of children's attitudes toward them were examined using the Attitude Perception Questionnaire. Results were analyzed for 52 fifth- and sixth-grade children and 52 older adults, and comparisons made on the basis of age, sex and amount of intergenerational contact. Older adults perceptions of children's attitudes toward them were more negative than the children's actual attitudes. Implications for persons involved in planning and implementing intergenerational programs are discussed.
Attitudes toward the elderly: An intergenerational examination.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Educational Gerontology. 9(5/6), 389-397.
- Language: English
- Date: 1983
- Keywords
- Older people, Attitudes, Intergenerational perspectives, Younger people