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Reactions to ageing among Australian students — a rural-urban comparison
Author(s)	Suzy Gattuso, Celia Saw
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 17, no 1, February 1998
Pages	pp 38-39
Keywords	Students ; Ageism ; Rural areas ; Urban areas ; Comparison ; Australia.
Annotation	This brief report assesses expectations about ageing of students in Australia from urban and rural backgrounds, preparing for careers in health and social services. The Reactions to Ageing Questionnaire was used in a survey of 136 first- and second-year students enrolled in occupational therapy, nursing and welfare courses at three rural campuses. Contact with older people, defined as the number of people aged 65 and over counted as family or friends, was treated as a moderator variable. Students from rural backgrounds were found to have more negative expectations about ageing than their urban counterparts. Contact with older people, as measured in this study, was not associated with expectations about ageing. Further research needs to refine the concepts of `rural' and `contact', to advance understanding of rural attitudes to ageing. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980511010 A
Classmark	XN: B:TOB: RL: RK: 48: 7YA
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