ERIC Number: EJ692136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-May
Pages: 19
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Attitudes about Aging and Gender among Young, Middle Age, and Older College-Based Students
Laditka, Sarah B.; Fischer, Mary; Laditka, James N.; Segal, David R.
Educational Gerontology, v30 n5 p403-421 May 2004
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.
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Semantic Differential, Gender Differences, Aging (Individuals), Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, College Students, Older Adults, Age Differences, Adults
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Aging Semantic Differential
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