College Students Attitude toward Elderly Persons after #Aging Simulation Experience by Seung youn Hong in BJSTR
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the Aging simulation experience on students’ attitudes towards the elderly.
Method: One hundred fifty six college students (mean age:
22.74) were recruited and were assigned either experiment group (EG) or
control group (CG). Students in EG were dressed in an aging simulation
suits(SAKAMOTO) and wore Aging simulation glasses (GERT, Germany),
which transformed students into a frail senior citizen, suffering from
weaken muscle, impaired vision, hearing loss, kyphosis and joint
stiffness.
With aging simulation suits, students performed daily activities for 2
hours in three sessions in 5 areas which include a bedroom, living room,
bathroom, kitchen and dining room. Then they went outside to experience
real life such as taking public transportations, going for grocery
shopping, watching movies, etc. for another two sessions. Student’s
attitudes toward older adults were measured with the Ageing Semantic
Differential before and after the intervention.
Results: There was a statistically significant improved in
attitude in EG towards the elderly following four weeks of the aging
simulation
program. Attitude toward seniors in EG was significantly positively
changed (t=2.47, p<.05) while that of CG was negatively changed. All
three
subscales--“Instrument-ineffective”, “Autonomous-dependent” and
“Personal acceptability-unacceptability turned significantly positive
after
the experience.
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