Comparison of Efficacy and Age Discrimination Between Psychology and Nursing Students

Abstract

This study considered two types of age discrimination (youth and elder) and related scale scores for 108 psychology students and 81 nursing students. The current study found that although the nursing students had a significantly larger number of courses related to aging, both nursing and psychology students reported low levels of age discrimination. Overall, attitudes of both the nursing and psychology students toward both young and elder populations were positive. Nursing students held higher levels of efficacy with regards to working with the elder population in comparison to psychology students.

The education received by nursing students regarding nursing older people: a scoping literature review

“…In addition to positive attitudes (e.g. ), negative and neutral attitudes were also reported. When referring to ageing, students generally described physical attributes and defined ageing as a negative process .…”

Opinions of the Nursing Students on Ageism

“…Of 175 student volunteers, 114 were first-grade students and 61 were fourth-grade students. The Personal Information Form and Ageism Attitude Scale (AAS), prepared by the researchers on the basis of the literature, were used for data collection (1,5,6,(8)(9)(10).…”

“…observed that both student groups had positive attitudes toward the elderly; however, it was later observed that psychology students had a stronger preference for working with the elderly than nursing students (9). Molye (10) determined that nursery education students did not want to work with the elderly and had a negative discrimination attitude.…”

Health professionals' attitudes toward older people and older patients: A systematic review

“…The other seven studies (Belinga, 2003;Cankurtaran et al, 2006;Holroyd, Dahlke, Fehr, Jung, & Hunter, 2009;Karlin, Emick, Mehls, & Murry, 2006;Plonczynski et al, 2007;van Zuilen, Rubert, Silverman, & Lewis, 2001;Wells et al, 2004) reported insufficient data to allow this analysis.…”