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Attitudes to aging questionnaires
 — some evidence for potential bias in their design
Author(s)Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Journal titleEducational Gerontology, vol 25, no 2, March 1999
Pagespp 185-196
KeywordsAttitudes to the old of general public ; Students ; Questionnaires ; Methodology.
AnnotationQuestionnaires on attitudes toward ageing may contain tacit sources of negative bias by inviting judgements not just on ageing but on physical and economic welfare. In this UK study, attitudes were assessed after participants (89 first year psychology undergraduates, mean age 25.55 years) had been asked either a set of 5 neutral questions, 5 questions on older people's economic welfare, or 5 questions on the physical frailty of older people. The economic questions group had significantly more negative views of mental aspects of ageing than did the neutral group. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-990518227 A
ClassmarkTOB: XN: 3DA: 3D

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