Ageism among psychology students: A comparative analysis between Belgium and Quebec ; L’âgisme parmi les étudiants en psychologie : Etude comparative entre la Belgique et le Québec (Canada)

International audience ; This study aimed to examine ageist attitudes in psychology students who may become the healthcare professionals. We also compared cultural differences between attitudes in Belgium and Quebec. We hypothesized that psychology students would have more positive attitudes toward older people in Quebec than in Belgium. Quebec has indeed more invested in age-friendly initiatives that may promote socio-economic factors associated with better attitudes toward older people. A total of 236 psychology students participated in this study (81 Belgian students and 155 Quebec students... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Marquet, Manon
T. Vallet, Guillaume
Adam, Stéphane
Missotten, Pierre
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Verlag/Hrsg.: HAL CCSD
Schlagwörter: Attitudes toward older people / Age-friendly initiatives / Older people's social participation / Cross-country differences / Psychology students / Education / [SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology / [SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education / [SDV.MHEP.GEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Geriatry and gerontology
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29382338
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Link(s) : https://hal.science/hal-03441760

International audience ; This study aimed to examine ageist attitudes in psychology students who may become the healthcare professionals. We also compared cultural differences between attitudes in Belgium and Quebec. We hypothesized that psychology students would have more positive attitudes toward older people in Quebec than in Belgium. Quebec has indeed more invested in age-friendly initiatives that may promote socio-economic factors associated with better attitudes toward older people. A total of 236 psychology students participated in this study (81 Belgian students and 155 Quebec students). The students completed different self-reported questionnaires to assess their attitudes toward older people. As predicted, the results showed that students in Quebec were overall less negative toward older adults. Since negative attitudes may influence students’ choice to work with older people and may also have damaging consequences in the assessment and/or healing context, we discuss different directions to improve these attitudes. ; Cette étude visait à évaluer les attitudes âgistes chez les étudiants en psychologie qui sont, potentiellement, de futurs professionnels de la santé. Cette étude visait également à examiner si les attitudes des étudiants québécois étaient plus favorables que les attitudes des étudiants belges. Le Québec est en effet engagé dans différentes initiatives favorables aux aînés qui peuvent promouvoir différents facteurs socio-économiques associés à des attitudes plus positives envers eux. Un total de 236 étudiants en psychologie (81 Belges et 155 Québécois) ont répondu à différents questionnaires mesurant leurs attitudes. Les étudiants québécois exprimaient en effet des attitudes globalement moins négatives envers les aînés. Étant donné que les attitudes négatives peuvent influencer le choix de travailler avec des personnes âgées et entraîner des conséquences néfastes dans le contexte de l’évaluation et de soin, nous discutons différentes pistes visant à améliorer ces attitudes.