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| Attitudes of young adults toward older adults: evidence from the United States and Thailand | | Author(s) | Matthew J Sharps, Jana L Price-Sharps, John Hanson |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 7, October-November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 655-661 |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Young people ; Thailand ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Negative attitudes toward older adults are often thought to be diminished in cultures that preserve gerontocratic tendencies. Little empirical evidence concerning this belief, however, is extant in the literature. This study employed an adjective-generation instrument to measure attitudes toward older people. The instrument was administered to young adults in rural northern Thailand, a culture which is widely reported to maintain a strong tradition of filial piety, and to young adults in the United States (US), a culture in which widespread ageism is suspected. A significant interaction was observed; contrary to initial expectations, Thai younger people were somewhat more negative about older people than were their American counterparts. Results indicate that gerontocratic traditions within a given society do not necessarily insulate older people from negative stereotyping. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990120210 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: SB: 7HG: 7T |
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