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Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly: the Impact of Intergenerational Partners

Youth's Attitudes Toward the Elderly: the Impact of Intergenerational Partners The authors examined changes in children's preceptions of the elderly following participationin a 9-month intergenerational project on aging. The project matched 24 fourth-grade studentwith 24 elderly subjects from a large senior citizens center. The project involved a number ofshared activities throughout the school year. For comparative purposes, these students werematched by grade with a control group (N = 25). Using the Children's Perceptions of Aging andElderly Inventory, the experimental group was judged to have significantly more positiveattitudes toward the elderly than the control group (t = 2.79; p < .01). Results from a 1-yearfollow-up produced similar differences between the experimental and control groups (t = 2.12;p < .02). Qualitative statements by the experimental group also reveal a very positive attitudetoward their own aging as well as toward the utility of the project. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Gerontology SAGE

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SAGE
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0733-4648
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1552-4523
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10.1177/073346489101000310
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Abstract

The authors examined changes in children's preceptions of the elderly following participationin a 9-month intergenerational project on aging. The project matched 24 fourth-grade studentwith 24 elderly subjects from a large senior citizens center. The project involved a number ofshared activities throughout the school year. For comparative purposes, these students werematched by grade with a control group (N = 25). Using the Children's Perceptions of Aging andElderly Inventory, the experimental group was judged to have significantly more positiveattitudes toward the elderly than the control group (t = 2.79; p < .01). Results from a 1-yearfollow-up produced similar differences between the experimental and control groups (t = 2.12;p < .02). Qualitative statements by the experimental group also reveal a very positive attitudetoward their own aging as well as toward the utility of the project.

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Journal of Applied GerontologySAGE

Published: Sep 1, 1991

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