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| Self-reported ageism in social work practitioners and students | | Author(s) | Priscilla D Allen, Katie E Cherry, Erdman Palmore |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 52, issue 2, 2009 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press, Inc., 2009 |
| Pages | pp 124-134 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Social workers ; Students ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The focus is on self-reported ageism in college students and social service providers; and this Louisiana-based study uses the Relating to Older People Evaluation (ROPE), Cherry and Palmore, 2008). The ROPE is a 20-item questionnaire that measures positive and negative ageist behaviours that people engage in during everyday life. Participants included 63 undergraduate and 27 graduate social work students and 41 practising social service providers in nursing home and mental health settings. Findings indicate that people of varying educational backgrounds and occupational experience in social services readily admit to positive ageist behaviours. Item analyses revealed similarities and differences between groups in the most and least frequent forms of ageism endorsed. Ageism as a social phenomenon with implications related to social work policy and practice is discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090630201 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: QR: XN: 4C: 7T |
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