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Laditka, Sarah B.; Laditka, James N.; Houck, Margaret M.; Olatosi, Bankole A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
Attitudes toward older people can influence how they are treated and their cognitive and physical health. The populations of the United States and many other countries have become more ethnically diverse, and are aging. Yet little research examines how ethnic diversity affects attitudes toward older people. Our study addresses this research gap.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Semantic Differential, Stereotypes
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Hawley, Karri S.; Cherry, Katie E.; Su, L. Joseph; Chiu, Yu-Wen; Jazwinski, S. Michal – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2006
The Knowledge of Memory Aging Questionnaire (KMAQ) measures laypersons' knowledge of memory changes in adulthood for research or educational purposes. Half of the questions pertain to normal memory aging and the other half cover pathological memory deficits due to non-normative factors, such as adult dementia. In this study, we compared memory…
Descriptors: Dementia, Memory, Aging (Individuals), Adults
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McConatha, Jasmin Tahmaseb; Schnell, Frauke; Volkwein, Karin; Riley, Lori; Leach, Elizabeth – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
Social and cultural attitudes toward aging provide a framework for assessing one's own aging experiences as well as one's attitudes toward older men and women. Ageism, or prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory practices toward older adults (Butler, 1980), has been found to be widespread around the world. This study focuses on a comparative…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Stereotypes