Attitudes toward Aging among College Students: Results from an Intergenerational Reminiscence Project.

ABSTRACT: The detrimental effects of negative attitudes toward aging among younger adults extend to both older and young adults, highlighting the need for attention from academics, applied researchers, and practitioners. To improve college students' attitudes toward aging, an intergenerational reminiscence intervention was conducted. College students, who were randomized to intervention or control groups and matched with older adults, made weekly phone calls to community-dwelling older adults with cognitive impairment for ten weeks. This study investigated whether college students improved their attitudes toward aging after participating in this project. A total of 64 college student participants completed the whole intervention and all data collection. The Fraboni Scale of Ageism was used to measur

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10376671 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature