Comparison of Swedish and American preschool children's attitudes toward elderly persons.
Attitudes toward elderly persons were examined for 40 4- and 5-yr.-old children, 20 from Sweden and 20 from the United States, enrolled in full-day preschool programs. Subjects were matched for age, socioeconomic status, and parents' age and marital status. One-half of each group were male and one-half were female. The Social Attitude Scale of Ageist Prejudice was used to assess children's attitudes toward elderly persons. One-way analysis of variance indicated no significant differences in scores between the groups.
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos 78666, USA. SW10@academia.swt.edu
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D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013548:Sweden; D014481:United States