ATTITUDES ABOUT AGING AND GENDER AMONG YOUNG, MIDDLE AGE, AND OLDER COLLEGE-BASED STUDENTS

Using an updated version of the Aging Semantic Differential, 534 younger, middle age, and older participants from a college community rated female and male targets categorized as ages 21-34 and 75-85. Participants also provided views about their own aging. Repeated measures of analysis of variance e...

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Published inEducational gerontology Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 403 - 421
Main Authors Laditka, Sarah B., Fischer, Mary, Laditka, James N., Segal, David R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.05.2004
Taylor & Francis Group Journals
Subjects
Age Differences
Aging (Individuals)
Attitudes
College Students
Gender Differences
Older Adults
Student Attitudes
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Summary:Using an updated version of the Aging Semantic Differential, 534 younger, middle age, and older participants from a college community rated female and male targets categorized as ages 21-34 and 75-85. Participants also provided views about their own aging. Repeated measures of analysis of variance examined attitudinal differences by age and gender of targets, and by participant age and gender. Female targets were viewed more positively than males by most rater groups. Older targets were viewed more positively by older participants than by other age groups. Older participants had more positive views about their own aging than did participants of younger or middle ages.
ISSN:0360-1277
1521-0472
DOI:10.1080/03601270490433602