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| Knowledge of memory aging and Alzheimer's disease in college students and mental health professionals | | Author(s) | Erin M Jackson, Kate E Cherry, Emily A Smitherman |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 2, March 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, March 2008 |
| Pages | pp 258-266 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Mental ageing ; Dementia ; Students ; Psychiatrists ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, 70 psychology students in Louisiana and 30 mental health professionals completed the Knowledge of Memory Aging Questionnaire, Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge test and the Fraboni Scale of Ageism before and after a lecture on normal and pathological memory issues in adulthood. Results confirmed that professionals were more knowledgeable about memory ageing and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and less ageist than college students/ Analyses of pre- and post-lecture response accuracy yielded comparable benefits in memory ageing and AD knowledge for both groups. Correlations analyses provided modest evidence for the influence of ageist attitudes on the knowledge measures. Implications for memory education courses and psychology curriculum are considered. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080512212 A |
| Classmark | DA: D6: EA: XN: QT9: TOB: 48: 7T |
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