Undergraduate Students' Attitudes Towards Ageism and Affected Factors

Abstract

This study was conducted with the purpose of determining the attitudes of university students towards ageism and affected factors. The study was carried out with 380 students. The Questionnaire Form and the “Ageism Attitude Scale” information form were used as data collection instruments. Descriptive statistics, linear regression, independent sample t test, and the one-way Anova were used to evaluate the data. The total scores on the Ageism Attitude Scale were a minimum of 48 and maximum of 107. The present study has been determined that the university students had a positive attitude towards ageism. Furthermore, it was found that the AAS total point average influenced the situation of choosing to live with a mother / father or together with both in the future from the older individual and life characteristics. In accordance with these results, it could be proposed to determine the views of the students and the society towards ageism, to plan studies at the universities in different regions for eliminating the regional differences, to make studies that would set forth the reasons for the negative factors, which influence ageism

Keywords

• Ageism
• attitude
• stereotype

Üniversite öğrencilerinin yaşlı ayrımcılığına ilişkin tutumları ve yaşlı ayrımcılığını etkileyen faktörler

Abstract

Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinin yaş ayrımcılığına yönelik tutumlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışma, bir devlet üniversitesinin 2018-2019 güz döneminde verilen yaşlı bakımı dersine kayıtlı olan 1. ve 2. sınıf öğrencileriyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. 380 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiş olup, veri toplama aracı olarak; Anket Formu ve “Yaşlı Ayrımcılığı Tutum Ölçeği” bilgi formu kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde; tanımlayıcı istatistikler, doğrusal regresyon, bağımsız örneklem t testi ve tek yönlü Anova kullanıldı. Bu çalışmada, üniversite öğrencilerinin yaş ayrımcılığına karşı olumlu bir tutuma sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, AAS toplam puan ortalamasını, yaşlı bireyden ve yaşam özelliklerinden gelecekte anne / babayla veya her ikisi ile birlikte yaşamayı seçme durumunun etkilediği bulunmuştur. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda öğrencilerin ve toplumun yaşlı ayrımcılığına yönelik görüşlerinin belirlenmesi, farklı bölgelerdeki üniversitelerde bölgesel farklılıkların giderilmesi için müdahale çalışmalarının planlanması, olumsuzlukların nedenlerini ortaya koyacak araştırmaların yapılması önerilebilir.

Keywords

• Yaşlı ayrımcılığı
• tutum
• stereotip

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