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What student interviewers learn about survey research, aging, and themselves
Author(s)	Jean Oggins, Carol Whitlow
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 22, no 3, 2002
Pages	pp 59-78
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Students ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Ageing process ; Interviewing ; Research ; Methodology ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study examines changes in attitudes and experiences reported by 40 student interviewers, who administered a two-hour research survey asking older adults about their housing, lifestyle, health, well-being, family and friends. Students wrote about their experiences and did a short survey upon completing their work. Most students (78%) reported changed beliefs about older people after the interviews, with students indicating more positive views or noting more diversity than they had previously realised. Post-interview interest in older people was correlated with doing a greater number of interviews, coming to see older people as diverse, and being more likely to consider working with older people. Academic programmes that feature opportunities to engage in research involving older adults will benefit students and our ageing society. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020924214 A
Classmark	XN: TOB: BG: 3DL: 3A: 3D: 3F: 7T
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