title: [Assessment of negative stereotypes about old age in young people and adults].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Negative stereotypes towards ageing and the old age may negatively influence relationships and working with older people. The CENVE (Negative Stereotypes Towards Ageing) questionnaire is a validated Spanish tool designed to evaluate these stereotypes, but there are no evidence about its factorial structure with young people and adults. This factorial structure of CENVE is analysed in non-elderly subjects, and its relationship with various sociodemographic and experience-related indicators is also examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 350 young people and adults completed the CENVE. Information on demographics, specialised academic training in aging, and level of contact with elderly people were also provided. An analysis was performed on the factorial structure of the questionnaire and its relationship with socio-demographic and experiential indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analyses performed did not confirm the original structure in 3 sub-scales, suggesting an alternative one-dimensional structure. It also suggested the existence of different ageist stereotypes associated with the socio-demographic profile of non-elderly subjects (particularly related to educational level). Less conclusive results were obtained regarding former experience and level of information on aging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CENVE is a useful tool for evaluating ageism, but in the present article a one-dimensional correction is suggested for the non-elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, España. Electronic address: menendez@dpsi.uhu.es.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menéndez Álvarez-Dardet
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, España.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cuevas-Toro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, España.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Padilla
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, España.
authors.forename: Bárbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorence Lara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D063506:Ageism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ageism; Assessment; Edadismo; Evaluación; Old age; Vejez