Children's opinions about older people: A cross-sectional study in Turkiye

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY Australasian Journal on Ageing Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI:10.1111/ajag.13391

Zahide Yuvakgil, Hacer Helin Utkan, Selenay Yıldırım, Zeliha Varlığan

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Abstract

Objectives

This cross-sectional study aimed to ascertain the opinions of children towards older people and how these opinions change according to the age of the children.

Methods

The study was conducted with Turkish primary and secondary school students. A questionnaire developed after consulting the relevant literature was used to gather data on student demographics and their opinions about older people, including the domains of stereotypes of physical and personal characteristics.

Results

A total of 968 children (mean ± SD: 11.77 ± 1.61 years) were recruited. Older children have both positive and negative stereotypes towards older people, compared to younger children. These data suggest that as children get older, they do not appear to have more negative thoughts towards older people.

Conclusions

Early childhood may be a crucial time for preventing ageism and fostering children's positive opinions towards older people.

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儿童对老年人的看法：土耳其的一项横断面研究。

目的：本横断面研究旨在确定儿童对老人的意见，以及这些意见如何根据儿童的年龄变化。方法：以土耳其中小学生为研究对象。在查阅相关文献后编制的问卷用于收集学生人口统计数据和他们对老年人的看法，包括对身体和个人特征的刻板印象。结果：共纳入968例儿童（平均±SD: 11.77±1.61岁）。与年幼的孩子相比，年龄较大的孩子对老年人既有正面的成见，也有负面的成见。这些数据表明，随着孩子年龄的增长，他们似乎并没有对老年人产生更多的负面想法。结论：幼儿期可能是预防年龄歧视和培养儿童对老年人积极看法的关键时期。

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Australasian Journal on Ageing 医学-老年医学

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

6.20%

发文量

114

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Australasian Journal on Ageing is a peer reviewed journal, which publishes original work in any area of gerontology and geriatric medicine. It welcomes international submissions, particularly from authors in the Asia Pacific region.