Determining nursing students' attitudes and empathic tendencies regarding aged discrimination

Serin, Emine Kaplan; Tülüce, Derya

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“…Improving knowledge about aging is considered fundamental in promoting positive KAOP ( Donizzetti, 2019 ). Besides, nursing students’ empathy is also a key component for KAOP and high-quality care for elderly people ( Kaplan Serin and Tülüce, 2021 ). Merely enhancing knowledge does not consequently change KAOP, but interventions involving empathy or simply focusing on empathy-building strategies do successfully improve attitudes toward older adults ( Samra et al, 2013 ; Gholamzadeh et al, 2018 ; Cheng et al, 2020 ), indicating that empathy may play an important but underestimated role.…”

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“…The reasons for the inconsistent associations between KA and attitudes toward aging have not been uncovered. Some other factors regarding attitudes toward older people, such as empathy, may be involved, given that interventions designed to increase KA with empathy components were found to change attitudes toward older adults effectively ( Kaplan Serin and Tülüce, 2021 ). We thus hypothesized that empathy may modulate the association between KA and attitudes toward older adults.…”

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“…Previous studies of the role of empathy in improving attitudes toward older adults have mainly discussed the issue from a variable-centered perspective ( Kaplan Serin and Tülüce, 2021 ). However, empathy is heterogeneous and varies in accordance with gender, inherited traits such as ethnicity, and acquired traits such as college major ( Davis, 1983 ; Zhao et al, 2019 , 2020 ).…”

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The Moderating Role of Empathy Profiles in the Relationship Between Knowledge About Aging and Attitudes Toward Older Adults Among Nursing Students

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Knowledge about aging (KA) and empathy affect nursing students’ attitudes toward older adults. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon from an integrated, person-centered perspective. The purposes of the present study were (1) to identify empathy profiles based on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) among Chinese nursing students and (2) to explore whether these latent empathy profiles moderate the association between KA and attitudes toward older people. A cross-sectional survey design was used, and a battery of questionnaires – including those on demographic information, the Chinese version of Palmore’s Facts on Aging Quiz (C-FAQ), the Chinese version of Kogan’s Attitude Toward Older People Scale (C-KAOP), and the IRI – was filled in by 622 Chinese nursing students (Mage 21.76; SD = 1.33). The mean total scores on KAOP and C-FAQ were 164.96 ± 18.32 and 10.436 ± 3.015, respectively, indicating relatively positive attitudes toward older people but low KA among Chinese nursing students. Latent profile analysis was used to identify a three-profile solution characterized by distinct levels of four dimensions of empathy, namely average empathy (AE, n = 399), high empathy (HE, n = 42), and low empathy (LE, n = 181). Subsequent linear regression analysis revealed that the LE rather than the HE profile predicted positive attitudes toward older adults. It is worth noting that the LE profile played a remarkable moderating role in associations between KA and negative attitudes toward older adults after controlling for covariant variables. Both the identification of distinct empathy profiles and the interplay between the LE profile and KA are of significance in reducing negative attitudes toward older adults among Chinese nursing students. Nursing educators should combine improving nursing students’ levels of KA and fostering greater empathy to reduce negative attitudes toward older adults. Such training should give priority to nursing students with LE.

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“…3 According to research, ageism, 4 a problem characterized by a lack of acknowledgment or limitation of the rights of the elder population, 5 was paved by negativity and biases regarding older people and old age in general. 4 Ageism is defined as segregation based on chronological age, refusal to accept individual approaches to the aged after reaching a particular age, capacity determination, and social role attribution based on chronological age. 5 Because of its implicit and subconscious nature, ageism affects people of all ages, although it is most common among older people.…”

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“…6 According to Kaplan Serin & Tülüce (2021), ageism is most commonly experienced in family, social and sexual life, and healthcare services. 4 Despite the fact that there is legal protection against age discrimination in health and social care, many older individuals believe they are not getting the care they deserve. Older people commonly complain about being treated with disdain and indecency.…”

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Attitudes toward older people among nursing students in Greece

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Background: The age profile of the population has shifted globally. Age discrimination has been documented, particularly in the areas of health and employment.Aim: This study aims at examining nursing students' attitudes toward older people and dehumanization of older people among nursing students.Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, which included a sociodemographic variables questionnaire, the Kogan's Attitude towards Old People Scale (KAOP) scale, a modified version of the Human Nature & Human Uniqueness Scale, the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire.A total of 410 undergraduate nursing students participated in this study.Descriptive statistics were applied while inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation, and regression analysis with the stepwise method were also performed. The significant level was set as p ≤ .05. SPSS-25 was used for the analysis of data. Results:The total mean score of the KAOP scale was 128.84 ± 14.32, indicating that nursing students had a slightly positive view of older individuals. Nursing students scored higher on the mechanistic dehumanization scale than on the animalistic dehumanization one. A strong negative association was found between Mechanistic and Animalistic dehumanization with the KAOP scale and empathy. Year of study, age, and gender were identified as predictor variables for mechanical dehumanization. Conclusion:Personality traits, demographic variables, and nursing students' level of empathy are factors that influence their views about older people and the dehumanization of older people.

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