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ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Attitude towards Older People According to Sociodemographic and Educational Variables in Students of a Chilean University.

Rodrigo Yáñez-Yáñez, Maria Antonia Parra-Rizo, Nelson McArdle-Draguicevic, Nathalie Valdés-Valdés, Gabriel A Rojas, Leslith Gamín, Paulina Lorca, Francisca Acevedo-Carrizo, Rafael Zapata-Lamana, Caterin Diaz-Vargas and 1 more

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Article in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rodrigo Yáñez-YáñezDepartamento de Kinesiologia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2814-2428
Maria Antonia Parra-RizoFaculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1986-1148
Nelson McArdle-DraguicevicDepartamento de Kinesiologia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-6514-4676
Nathalie Valdés-ValdésEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Iquique 1100000, Chile.
Gabriel A RojasEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Valdivia 5090000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-6996-0788
Leslith GamínMagister en Gerontología Clínica Interdisciplinar, Universidad Santo Tomás, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
Paulina LorcaMagister en Gerontología Clínica Interdisciplinar, Universidad Santo Tomás, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
Francisca Acevedo-CarrizoMagister en Gerontología Clínica Interdisciplinar, Universidad Santo Tomás, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
Rafael Zapata-LamanaEscuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile.
Caterin Diaz-VargasEscuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1787-683X
Igor CigarroaEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0418-8787
Universidad Santo Tomás · CLUniversidad de Magallanes · CLUniversity of Concepción · CLUniversitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current evidence suggests that attitude towards older people may be associated with sociodemographic and educational variables; hence, a positive attitude towards older people is key when training new university professionals. However, there is little evidence of this association in Chilean university students. The objective was to analyze students from a Chilean university's attitudes towards older people, according to sociodemographic and educational variables. Analytical and cross-sectional study; 515 students from a Chilean university were consulted online about their attitude towards older people using Kogan's Attitudes towards Old People scale. Additionally, sociodemographic and educational variables were recorded. The average score for positive attitude was 70.8 (±9.7), while the negative attitude score was 68.3 (±11.6). The total score was 139.1 (±16.6). Mostly, university students perceive themselves with a low-level positive attitude (61.2%). Additionally, older university students (26-42 years old); women; Chileans; students of law, speech therapy, and occupational therapy; students in their final years of the programs; and those who had training in older people outside the university have a more positive attitude towards older people. In Conclusion, a profile of sociodemographic and educational characteristics of students with a lower and higher attitude towards older age was investigated. These results are relevant since the way of seeing the aging process could regulate the training of future professionals and consequently generate changes in dealing with older people. Young people's perception of ageing would affect the treatment and incorporation of the older people in society and the adaptation of policies in this age group.

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ageismagingattitudehigher educationold ageold ageismolder peopleprejudicesstereotypes

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PMCPMC9778483
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