Open AccessA Randomized Controlled Study on the Effects of a Documentary on Students’ Empathy and Attitudes towards Older Adults
Author(s) -
Luciana Laganà,
Larisa Gavrilova,
Delwin Carter,
Andrew T. Ainsworth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychology and cognitive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2380-727X
DOI - 10.17140/pcsoj-3-127
Subject(s) - empathy , psychosocial , psychology , population , test (biology) , clinical psychology , repeated measures design , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , environmental health , biology , statistics , mathematics
Despite the rapid increase in the size of the geriatric population, no current published literature is available based on the effects of viewing a documentary covering medical and psychosocial issues concerning older adults influencing young people's empathy and ageism. The aim of the current study was to test whether participants who viewed an original documentary about older adults experiencing physical pain would report lower ageism and higher empathy scores when compared to participants who watched a neutral documentary.