Abstract:The current study compared responses from young people on cultural orientation, aging attitudes and aging anxiety in Japan, China, and the United States. A total of 1136 college students (357 Japanese, 434 Chinese, and 345 American) filled out a questionnaire that included an IC Scale (Cultural Orientation Scale), Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale, and a modified Aging Anxiety Scale, in addition to demographic information. Cronbach's alphas indicated satisfactory reliability on all three scales for t… Show more
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