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Dissertation
The relationship of ageism and life satisfaction in a large intergenerational group of adults
University of West Florida
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2006
Abstract
The study sample, consisting of 752 men and women, 40 to 95 years of age, was tested using B. I. Neugarten, R. I. Havighurst, and S. S. Tobin’s (1961) Life Satisfaction Index (LSI) and E. B. Palmore’s Facts on Aging Quiz (1998) modified to extract bias toward older adults and categorized into 3 domains: physiological, psychological, and social. The results of Palmore’s instruments are used as dependent variables. The independent variables are the participant’s age in 5 groups, gender, and 3 levels of LSI from the Neugarten et al. quiz. Ageism bias is measured within and between the age groups, gender, and LSI categories. Significant means differences were found in all categories. Among other significant findings, the data indicates that young adults 40-59 have the most negative bias in the psychological and social domains and the least negative bias in the physiological domain compared to the older participants.
Details
- Title
- The relationship of ageism and life satisfaction in a large intergenerational group of adults
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Douglas D. D. Friedrich (Committee Chair) - University of West FloridaPetra B. Schuler (Committee Member)John W. Keller (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090749306600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida