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| Emotional reactions of lay persons to someone with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Perla Werner, Michael Davidson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 4, April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 391-397 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Emotions ; Dementia ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | A vignette methodology was used in face-to-face interviews with 150 Jewish Israeli adults (mean age 59.9) regarding their emotional reactions to people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Only a third of participants gave the correct label. The person described in the vignette elicited more positive than negative emotions. Gender and perceived threat were the most important factors associated with emotional reactions. Findings suggest the need to expand the efforts to increase the recognition of AD by lay persons, and to tackle the negative emotions of several risk groups, such as male adults and those with greater concerns about developing the disease. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040505222 A |
| Classmark | DP: DL: EA: 3F: 7H6 |
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