Factors related to the attitudes towards the older adults and emphatic skills of gerontology students

Journal of Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI:10.14687/jhs.v20i4.6383

Dilek Doruk Kondakcı, Aslı Kılavuz, Özlem Özgür, İsmail Tufan

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Aim: In this study, we aimed to determine the factors related to the attitudes and empathic skill levels of gerontology students towards the older adults. Methods: 167 Gerontology students participated in our study. Data were collected by Google online survey method using personal information form, Kogan's Attitude towards Elderly Scale and Basic Empathy Scale. Results: Mean age of the students is 21.41 ± 2 year, 80% were female. A statistically significant difference was found between the students' grade level, their mother's education level, whether they lived with an older adult at any time in their lives, the duration of living with an older adult and the total score of the attitude towards the elderly scale (p < 0.001, 0.002, 0.017, 0.044, respectively). There was a statistically significant difference between gender, mother's education level, the place where they lived for the longest time and the positive attitude score towards the elderly (p = 0.008, 0.005, 0.019, respectively). There was a statistically significant difference between the students' grade level, number of siblings, whether they lived with an older adult at any time in their lives and the negative attitude score towards the elderly (p<0.001, 0.016, 0.028, respectively). A statistically significant difference was found between gender, mother's education level and the total score of the basic empathy scale (p<0.001, 0.005, respectively), emotional subscale (p<0.001, 0.041, respectively) and cognitive subscale scores (p = 0.007, 0.005, respectively). The mean Attitudes Towards Elderly Scale Total Score, Positive Attitude Sub-scale Score and Negative Attitude Sub-scale Score of the students were 156.52 ± 17.54, 72.59 ± 11.02 and 83.93 ± 11.89, respectively. The mean scores of Basic Empathy Scale Total Score, Cognitive Sub-scale Score and Emotional Sub-scale Score were 78.05 ± 10.19, 37.04 ± 4.94 and 41.02 ± 7.13, respectively. Conclusions: In our study, it was determined that the gerontology department students had high attitudes and empathic skills towards the older adults.

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与老年学学生对老年人的态度和表达能力有关的因素

目的：本研究旨在确定与老年学学生对老年人的态度和移情技能水平相关的因素。方法：167 名老年学学生参与了研究。数据收集采用谷歌在线调查方法，使用个人信息表、科根老年人态度量表和基本移情量表。研究结果学生的平均年龄为 21.41±2 岁，80% 为女性。学生的年级、母亲的受教育程度、是否曾与老年人共同生活、与老年人共同生活的时间长短与对老年人态度量表的总分之间存在统计学差异（分别为 P < 0.001、0.002、0.017、0.044）。性别、母亲的受教育程度、居住时间最长的地方与对老年人的积极态度得分之间的差异有统计学意义（p = 0.008、0.005、0.019，分别为 0.008、0.005、0.019）。学生的年级、兄弟姐妹数量、是否曾与老年人一起生活以及对老年人的消极态度得分之间存在统计学差异（分别为 p<0.001、0.016、0.028）。性别、母亲受教育程度与基本移情量表总分（分别为 p<0.001、0.005）、情绪分量表（分别为 p<0.001、0.041）和认知分量表得分（分别为 p = 0.007、0.005）之间存在统计学差异。学生对老年人态度量表总分、积极态度分量表得分和消极态度分量表得分的平均值分别为（156.52±17.54）分、（72.59±11.02）分和（83.93±11.89）分。基本移情量表总分、认知分量表得分和情感分量表得分的平均值分别为（78.05±10.19）分、（37.04±4.94）分和（41.02±7.13）分。结论在我们的研究中，老年医学系的学生对老年人具有较高的态度和移情技能。

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