Impact of a Friendly Visiting Program on Attitudes of College Students Toward the Aged: A Pedagogical Note

Children's Attitudes Toward the Elderly: An Intergenerational Technique for Change

“…Tuckman and Lorge pioneered research on attitudes toward the elderly in the early 1950s and demonstrated that a variety of populations discriminate against the aged (Lorge, Tuckman, & Abrams, Note 1;Tuckman & Lorge, 1952;Tuckman & Lorge, 1958). Since that time numerous investigations of attitudes toward the elderly and old age have appeared in the literature (see McTavish, 1971;Kogan, 1979), as have interventions designed to modify these attitudes (Cicchetti, Fletcher, Lerner, & Coleman, 1973;Gordon & Hallouer, 1976;Labouvie-Vief & Baltes, 1976). However, still lacking is an adequate appraisal of children's attitudes toward the aged and strategies by which such perceptions can be modified.…”

The impact of participation in an oral history project on adolescents' attitudes toward old people

“…The findings of another study suggest that increased exposure to the aged may not result in changed attitudes toward them (Gordon & Hallauer, 1976). Although the students were interested in continued interaction with the aged, there was no significant change in attitude.…”

“…An increase in frequency of contact alone often does not result in changed attitudes (Drake, 1957;Gordon & Hallauer, 1976;Ivester & King, 1977) . Similarly, education on aging alone does not always result in changes in attitudes toward the elderly (Hicks, 1977;Hudis, 1974;Tuckman & Lorge, 1954 having less free time to devote to the course than the older students and considered this to be "unfair" competition.…”

The impact of participation in an oral history project on adolescents' attitudes toward old people

“…interacted with healthy aged (e.g.. Porter & O'Connor, 1978;Trent, Glass, & Crockett, 1979). However, some studies (e.g., Gordon & Hallauer, 1976;Reilley, 1977) have not found significant changes in attitudes.…”