Centre for Policy on Ageing



Is New Zealand a paradise for the elderly? — (Attitudes of New Zealand university students toward older adults)
Author(s)	Yutaka Okura
Journal title	Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 8, no 1, 2006
Pages	pp 23-46
Source	http://baywood.com
Keywords	Students ; Universities ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys ; New Zealand.
Annotation	Using Kogan's Attitude Scale (1961), Sanders' Attitude Scale (1984) and Carmel's Open-Ended Instrument (1992) as well as Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ), New Zealand university students' attitude toward older people was assessed in conjunction with a number of previously studied factors (e.g. gender, size of home town, time they spent with older relatives) as well as a couple of factors never studied before (e.g. emotional closeness towards older relatives, and their observed health conditions). Results revealed that subjects hold a positive attitude towards older people across all attitude scales; FAQ scores as well as newly studied factors seemed to have some significant relationships to the people's attitude toward older people; some results vary significantly depending on what types of attitude scales were used, which suggests the risk of using a single attitude scale in this domain. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080403202 A
Classmark	XN: V5: TOB: 3F: 7YN
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.