The perception and the discriminatory behavior against the elderly: age-group difference
Chung, Soondool, Park, HyunJu, Sung Min-Hyeon, Kim Yesol(Ewha Womans University)
Presenter: Jessica
Contents
Introduction
Research Findings
Conclusion
Research Method
Introduction: introduce an ageism to notice
Background
-Rapidly increasing population of older people in Korea. -Widespread discrimination toward older people and unawareness-Relatively recent attention to ageism
What is ageism?
-Ageism is discrimination against older people based on the age
-Be linked to social justice, human right and structural discrimination of society
-Has effects on the individual life of older people
-Be connected with social isolation, loneliness, suicide, depression and loss of role identity of the elderly
-Makes the elderly neglected, exploited and abused.
Introduction cont.
Discriminatory behavior vs. Perception
-Need to distinguish ‘the actual behavior’ from the attitude toward the elderly. (behavior ≠ perception)
-Attitude toward the elderly = Discriminatory behavior ( the external expression of ageism) + Perception (Cognitive aspects)
-Less attention to behavior than perception toward the elderly
-Relationship between perception and ageist behavior has not been investigated.
Age difference
-Many previous studies used the samples of younger and non-elderly generation
-Previous researches which focused on older generation examined self-reported discrimination ‘experience’ of themselves, not a ageist behavior of themselves
Introduction cont.
Purposes of this study
1)To examine what Korean adults actually have ageism represented by the perception toward the elderly and the discriminatory behavior against the elderly
2)To explore the association between the perception and discriminatory behavior
3)To observe age-group difference of the influence of the perception on the discriminatory behavior
4)To suggest the effective strategies for reducing discriminatory behavior
Research questions
To what extents is the ageism, represented by the perception and discrimination behavior prevalent in the Korean
society?
Is there age-group difference on the results?
What is the relationship between the perception toward the elderly and discriminatory behavior?
Research Method: participants and procedure
Total Participant
1,500
∙ Elderly
60 and over
295 people
∙Non-elderly
Over 20 and under 60
1205 people29
Quota Sampling
• quota has been done by proportion of the
population
• moderate representation to the
population
• stratified by region, sex, and age
Participants ProcedureSampling
∙ Participants had been gathered from 16 administrative districts in South Korea
∙ Survey took for a month from 21st of Jan to 28th of Feb in 2011
∙ Face to face interview
The knowledge
Research Method: Measurement
FAQ1(Facts on Aging Quiz part 1)
A) It measures the knowledge about ageing and the elderly
B) Yim, Kim &Kim(2002)
C) It includes 25 items on aging
D) Four dimensions
E) Scale 1= true, 0=false / don’t know
F) Higher score = more knowledge
The image
SDS(Semantic Differential
Scale)A) It rates the image of the elderly
B) Sanders, Montgomary, Pittman & Balkwell(1984)
C) Bipolar adjectives
D) 7-point scale
E) Two dimensions
F) The Cronbach’s alpha = 0.929
Perception
The prejudice
Physical psycholog
ical
Familial
Aspect
Social
aspectsAbility personality
The scale of prejudice
A) It measures the prejudice of four dimensions which mentioned below B) Won (2003)
C) 19 items with four dimensions
D) 4 point Likert scale
E) Cronbach’s alpha = 0.811
Personal
relation
Cultural
activity
Gender and
marriage
Ability
The discriminatory behavior
Research Method: measurement
∙ Won, Kim, Choi and Han (2006)
∙ it measures discriminatory behavior against the elderly
∙ 4-point Likert scale
∙ 13 items
∙ Two dimensions
∙ Cronbach’s alpha = 0.935
Exclusion and mistrust
disrespect
Data Analysis
The descriptive analysis
T-test Multiple group analysis
∙ Mean and standardized Deviation
∙ Frequency and percentages
∙ observation the level of the perception and ageist behavior
∙ Difference between elderlyand non-elderly group
∙ There were statistically significant dissimilarity in personal relations,
gender and marriage, and exclusion and mistrust
∙Structural equaltion modeling
∙ relationship between perceptionand discriminative bahavior
∙ Difference between non-elderly
and elderly group
PASW 18.0 (SPSS 18.0 + AMOS 18.0)
Descriptive analysis – Knowledge
Results
ResultsDescriptive analysis - Image
Score
ResultsDescriptive analysis - Prejudice
ResultsDescriptive analysis - Discriminatory behavior
Result
Image
knowledge Discriminatory Behavior
Prejudice
Elderly
Non- Elderly
-.135**
-.127*
-.083-.056
.014-.097**
.046.012
.084*
.220***
.529***
.161***
Conclusion
Improve knowledge
Improve knowledge can be potential way to reducing negative
attitude and ageist behavior for both groups
Internal change of attitudes
Older people behave as more ageist
against older people, therefore they
need to improve awareness to ageism and internal change of attitude
Importance of education Knowledge has a direct effect on the actual discriminatory behavior, it is emphasized on the importance of education for younger generation
Age-group difference
Age- group difference suggested the different approach toward non-
elderly and elderly to reduce ageism in the society.
Reduce ageism
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