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Direct linkSung, Kyu-Taik – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
This study explored the ways in which college students conveyed elder respect. Based on data from a questionnaire survey of 521 subjects, 12 forms of elder respect, ranging from care respect to celebratory respect, were measured. Of these forms, six--acquiescent respect, care respect, linguistic respect, salutatory respect, consulting respect, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Older Adults, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedCollins, Mary Ellen (Kennedy) – RQ, 1987
This survey of academic public service librarians shows a decline in negative stereotypical perceptions of older adults from earlier studies. However, this may not necessarily indicate a desire to offer services to the elderly, and the factor of self-selection may be present with regard to librarians' involvement with such services. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Higher Education, Library Services
Peer reviewedDenis, Laurent-G.; Nauratil, Marcia J. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Entering M.L.S. students, University of Toronto, were tested to elicit preference regarding provision of library service to older adults (theory-in-use) and degree of agreement with "The Library's Responsibility to the Aging" statement (espoused theory). Statistical analysis indicated no significant incongruence between students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedJones, J.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
"Living in a Supervised Home: A Questionnaire on Quality of Life" was used to study the relationship between age, disability, and the quality of life of 57 older adults with mental retardation. Results indicated that age was associated with greater self-help skills but more mobility and continence problems; also, age was positively associated with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Group Homes, Mental Retardation, Older Adults
Peer reviewedHochstenbach, J.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
Patients (N=165) under 75 who had suffered a stroke in the past 5 years completed a Sickness Impact Profile. Analysis of results indicated the influence of stroke on everyday functioning. Chronic psychosocial disabilities, independent of the degree of physical disability, were reported in fifty-two percent of the patients. This psychosocial…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Chronic Illness
Moore, Beverly; Troyer, Rik – 1986
A group of 261 college juniors, seniors, and graduate students anticipating careers in mental health professions were administered an instrument designed to measure attitudes toward old age (people 65 and older). The instrument consisted of 60 statements regarding old age, and used a six-point Likert-type scale. Items were categorized into 10…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Measures, College Students
