Measures for Assessing Student Attitudes toward Older People

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Xiaoping; Bryant, Christina; Boldero, Jennifer
Titel	Measures for Assessing Student Attitudes toward Older People
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 37 (2011) 1, S.12-26 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Social Desirability; Association Measures; Attitude Measures; Older Adults; Measures (Individuals); Medical Students; Allied Health Occupations Education; College Students; Social Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Soziales Bedürfnis; Älterer Erwachsener; Messdaten; Collegestudent
Abstract	Measuring medical and allied health students' attitudes towards older people has been identified as an important research area. The present study compared the use of implicit and explicit attitude measures. Sixty-five undergraduates completed one explicit measure, the Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA), (Fraboni, Saltstone, & Hughes, 1990) and one implicit measure, the Implicit Association Test. They had positive explicit and neutral implicit attitudes towards older people, suggesting more positive attitudes than previously reported. These attitudes were related but there were discrepancies. Because explicit measures are likely to be influenced by factors such as social desirability, the implicit measure might be a more reliable measure. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10