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| Higher thresholds for elder abuse with age and rural residence | | Author(s) | M J Stones, Michel Bédard |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 21, no 4, Winter 2002 |
| Pages | pp 577-586 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Attitude ; Professional workers ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Attitudes toward elder abuse differ with age, ethnicity, profession and training. This article introduces a theoretical model, in order to reconcile findings on attitudinal differences within a unifying theoretical framework. The model assumes that individuals rate the abusiveness using consistent standards but different thresholds. Predictions from the model include consistency among individuals in their ratings of different behaviours (i.e. high relative consistency), but variation in the levels of rating (i.e. systematic departures from absolute consistency). Samples of 339 older people and 233 professionals rated 112 items representing a wide range of abuse severity. The findings suggest high relative consistency but systematic deviations from absolute consistency, with higher ratings (i.e. lower thresholds) by professionals than older people, and by residents of smaller (rural) rather than larger (urban) communities. The implications of the threshold model include prevention through elder abuse education and reporting practices. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030425223 A |
| Classmark | QNT: DP: T7: RH: 7S |
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