Latency‐aged Children's Views of Aging

Marks, Ronald G.; Newman, Sally; Onawola, Roland

doi:10.1080/0380127850110202

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“…Similarly to what is described in the literature (Barrett & Cantwell, 2007;North & Fiske, 2012;Rust & Kwong See, 2010), respondents in our study gave negative attributes to the elderly on the competence dimension (words spontaneously selected to describe the elderly in the image-of-aging question often expressed difficulties related to age and lack of mobility, and elderly were more often judged slow than fast on the CVOA scale) and on physical domain and attractiveness (words reflected the presence of diseases and the aged physical appearance, and elderly were given neutral scores on the ugly-pretty VAS), whereas they assessed older people more favorably on the sociability domain (one of the most frequently quoted words was kind-kindness). A similarly positive perception of older adults with lower scores on the slow-fast and ugly-pretty attributes was observed 20-30 years ago on the CVOA section III scale completed by 8to 11-year-old American children (Marks et al, 1985;Newman et al, 1997).…”

Section: Global Resultssupporting

confidence: 59%

“…The vision of aging for each participant was assessed using different self-reported measures: (a) one open-ended image-of-aging question (spontaneous expression; Levy & Langer, 1994), (b) the French version of the Fraboni Scale of Ageism-Revisited (FSA-R; Boudjemadi & Gana, 2009) adapted to our specific age group, and (c) the third section of the Children's View on Aging scale (CVOA; Marks, Newman, & Onawola, 1985;Newman, Faux, & Larimer, 1997) adapted to the French language-this latter scale provides a more controlled assessment.…”

Section: Youth's Vision Of Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Contact With Grandparents on Children's and Adolescents’ Views on the Elderly

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Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against the elderly (ageism) may manifest themselves in children at an early age. However, the factors influencing this phenomenon are not well known. Using both explicit and open-ended questions, this study analyzed the influence of personal and familial parameters on the views of 1,151 seven- to sixteen-year-old Belgian children and adolescents on the elderly. Four factors were found to affect these views: gender (girls had slightly more positive views than boys), age (ageism was lowest in 10- to 12-year-old, reminiscent of other forms of stereotypes and cognitive developmental theories), grandparents' health, and most importantly, quality of contact with grandparents (very good and good contacts correlated with more favorable feelings toward the elderly, especially in children with frequent contacts).

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Section: Global Resultssupporting

confidence: 59%

Section: Youth's Vision Of Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Contact With Grandparents on Children's and Adolescents’ Views on the Elderly

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“…The attitudinal focus of intergenerational research has been driven by findings from Rich, Myrie, and Campbell (1983), who identified that aging attitudes begin to form as early as age three. Changes in cross-age attitudes have been measured before and after intergenerational activities through formal measures, such as standardized assessments, and informal measures, such as researcher developed questionnaires (Corbin, Kagan, & Metal-Corbin, 1987;Corbin, Metal-Corbin, & Borg, 1989;Femia, Zarit, Blair, Jarrott, & Bruno, 2008;Lynott & Merola, 2007;Marks, Newman, & Onawola, 1985;Middlecamp & Gross, 2002;Proller, 1989;Schwalbach & Kiernan, 2002;Seefeldt, 1987;White, 2001).…”

Section: Cross-age Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of a Music Therapy Intergenerational Program on Children and Older Adults' Intergenerational Interactions, Cross-Age Attitudes, and Older Adults' Psychosocial Well-Being

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2011

Journal of Music Therapy

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of participation in a music-based intergenerational music program on cross-age interactions and cross-age attitudes of elementary-age children and older adults, and older adults' psychosocial well-being. Twenty-one children in the 4th grade volunteered to participate in the experimental (n = 12) or control (n = 9) group. Twenty-six older adults from a retirement living facility also volunteered to participate in the experimental (n = 14) or control (n = 12) group. Ten 30-min music sessions occurred in which participants engaged in singing, structured conversation, moving to music, and instrument playing interventions. Data analysis of cross-age interactions revealed that the interventions "structured conversation" and "moving to music" were more effective in eliciting interaction behaviors than the interventions "singing" and "instrument playing." Standardized measures revealed that children's attitudes towards older adults improved, though not significantly so, after participation in the intergenerational program. Results of biweekly post-session questionnaires revealed a decrease in negative descriptions of older adults and an increase in positive descriptions of older adults--suggesting a more positive view towards aging. Results revealed that older adults' attitudes towards children improved significantly after their participation in the intergenerational program. While standardized measures revealed that older adults did not perceive a significant improvement in their psychosocial well-being, their bi-weekly post-session questionnaires showed they perceived increased feelings of usefulness and other personal benefits from the intergenerational interactions. Suggestions for future research, the utility of varied measurement instruments, and implications for practice are discussed.

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“…Several scholars (Fillmer, 1982 ;Marks, Newman, & Onewola, 1983) noted that although children wished to associate with older people, a majority of them selected negative adjectives (weird, scary, lonely, sad, etc.) for the older persons when asked to react to the pictures of young and old.…”

Section: Age or Aging P Er C Ep Tions Of C H Ild R Enmentioning

confidence: 99%