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Respectfully Treating the Elderly: Affective and Behavioral Ways of American Young Adults

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Title: Respectfully Treating the Elderly: Affective and Behavioral Ways of American Young Adults
Language: English
Authors: Sung, Kyu-Taik, Kim, Bum Jung, Torres-Gil, Fernando
Source: Educational Gerontology. 2010 36(2):127-147.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: College Students, Young Adults, Interviews, Older Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Surveys, Social Behavior, Personal Narratives, Experience, Whites, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans
DOI: 10.1080/03601270903058549
ISSN: 0360-1277
Abstract: There has been little research on how young people respect, or disrespect, older adults. This study explored the ways in which young adults connote elder respect by utilizing two different forms of data. Based on quantitative data from a survey of 521 college students, a set of 11 behavioral forms of elder respect was obtained. Out of these forms, 6 were identified as most frequently practiced. Additionally, by interviewing the subjects, qualitative data based on narratives explicating the dynamic practice of elder respect were obtained, and factors that hold a central significance to the development of respectful behavior towards elders are identified. Implications of the findings from both types of the data and suggestions for future research are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 39
Entry Date: 2010
Accession Number: EJ882194
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:There has been little research on how young people respect, or disrespect, older adults. This study explored the ways in which young adults connote elder respect by utilizing two different forms of data. Based on quantitative data from a survey of 521 college students, a set of 11 behavioral forms of elder respect was obtained. Out of these forms, 6 were identified as most frequently practiced. Additionally, by interviewing the subjects, qualitative data based on narratives explicating the dynamic practice of elder respect were obtained, and factors that hold a central significance to the development of respectful behavior towards elders are identified. Implications of the findings from both types of the data and suggestions for future research are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.)
ISSN:0360-1277
DOI:10.1080/03601270903058549