Association between ageing knowledge and willingness to care for older adults among nursing students in China: the mediating role of attitude towards older adults.

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GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-25 DOI:10.1080/02701960.2023.2227874

Jing-Xia Fu, Ling-Ling Huang, Xuan-Hua Li, Han Zhao, Rong Li

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Abstract

Little is known about the mediating effect of attitude toward older adults on the relationship between aging knowledge and willingness to care for older adults. We applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the knowledge-attitude-behavior (KAB) model as theoretical frameworks to examine the mediation effect of attitude toward older adults. Data from 388 Chinese nursing students were analyzed. The Willingness to Care for Older People (WCOP) scale, Kogan's Attitude toward Older People scale (KAOP) and Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ) were utilized to assess willingness, attitude and aging knowledge, respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22. 0 with the PROCESS macro. Bootstrap methods were used to obtain the significance of mediating effects. The study showed that aging knowledge was significantly associated with willingness to care for older adults and that attitude toward older adults mediated the association. Bootstrapping method confirmed the significance of the indirect effect of aging knowledge through attitude, accounting for 18.9% of the total willingness variance. Overall, based on the TPB and the KAB theoretical framework, our data support the notion that improving aging knowledge and attitude may contribute to improve the willingness to aged care among nursing students.

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中国护理专业学生的老龄化知识与护理老年人意愿之间的关系：对老年人态度的中介作用。

关于对老年人的态度对老龄化知识和照顾老年人意愿之间关系的中介效应，目前所知甚少。我们运用计划行为理论（TPB）和知识-态度-行为模型（KAB）作为理论框架，研究了对老年人态度的中介效应。研究分析了 388 名中国护理专业学生的数据。研究采用护理老年人意愿量表（WCOP）、科根老年人态度量表（KAOP）和老龄化知识问答（FAQ）分别对护理老年人意愿、态度和老龄化知识进行评估。数据分析采用 SPSS 22.0 使用 PROCESS 宏对数据进行分析。使用 Bootstrap 方法获得中介效应的显著性。研究结果表明，老龄化知识与照顾老年人的意愿显著相关，而对老年人的态度则是这种关联的中介。Bootstrapping 方法证实了老龄化知识通过态度产生的间接效应的显著性，占意愿总方差的 18.9%。总之，基于 TPB 和 KAB 理论框架，我们的数据支持了这样一种观点，即提高老龄化知识和态度可能有助于改善护理专业学生的老年护理意愿。

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期刊介绍： Gerontology & Geriatrics Education is geared toward the exchange of information related to research, curriculum development, course and program evaluation, classroom and practice innovation, and other topics with educational implications for gerontology and geriatrics. It is designed to appeal to a broad range of students, teachers, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers and is dedicated to improving awareness of best practices and resources for gerontologists and gerontology/geriatrics educators. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.