Recognition for a black couple in a mock silver alert: Comparing couples presented together or separately with or without glasses.

ABSTRACT: Demographic trends indicate an increasing elderly population accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). These trends are likely to result in increasing numbers of elderly individuals who wander away from home or care facilities. There is limited research on the efficacy of systems for alerting the public about missing elderly individuals, such as Silver Alerts (SA). Previous research on SAs was limited to alerts featuring White senior citizens. The present study is the first to extend SA research to Black senior citizens. A sample of college students (N = 210) viewed a mock SA along with a short video of a "missing" couple and later attempted to recognize the two individuals from a series of photos. The male and female targets were sho

SUBMITTER: Gier VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature