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| Effects of an intergenerational program on the attitudes of emotionally disturbed youth toward the elderly | | Author(s) | Hedy Barton |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 7, October/November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 623-640 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Adolescents ; Social interaction ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Courses ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Through intergenerational contact, studies show that younger people and older people can enjoy many mutual benefits. This article examines the effects of an intergenerational project on the attitudes of emotionally disturbed younger people toward older people, on which there is little research available. The project involved 36 older people from 3 sites in the community and 9 adolescent boys from a residential treatment centre for disturbed younger people. The project included a classroom curriculum and corresponding visits with older people at the community sites. The students' attitudes to older people were measured at the onset and conclusion of the project. The results indicate that their attitudes toward older people were less positive after the intergenerational experience. However, their evaluation of the course was very favourable. Future studies should include a larger sample of students and older people, with more varied methods of measurement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000121211 A |
| Classmark | E4: SC: TMA: TOB: VE: 7T |
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