León Soraya, Correa-Beltrán Gloria, Giacaman Rodrigo A
Department of Oral Rehabilitation, University of Talca, Talca, Chile.
Healthy Aging Interdisciplinary Program (PIEI-ES), University of Talca, Talca, Chile.
Gerodontology. 2015 Jun;32(2):141-8. doi: 10.1111/ger.12065. Epub 2013 Jul 4.
To explore the ageing stereotypes held by health students and faculty members in three health science schools in Chile.
This cross-sectional study surveyed 284 students and faculty members from the dental, physical therapy and speech therapy schools of the University of Talca, Chile. A validated 15-question questionnaire about negative stereotypes was used (CENVE). The questions were divided into three categories: (i) health, (ii) social factors and motivation and (iii) character and personality. The scores for each category were grouped into the following categories: (i) positive, (ii) neutral and (iii) negative. Negative stereotypes were compared across genders, socio-economic status levels, classes, positions (student or faculty member) and schools.
The majority of the participants held neutral stereotypes towards ageing, followed by positive perceptions. No differences were detected between the genders, schools or classes. While most of the students had neutral perceptions about ageing, the faculty's perceptions were rather positive (p = 0.0182). In addition, people of lower-middle socio-economic status held more positive stereotypes about ageing than the participants of high and middle status (p = 0.0496).
Stereotypes about ageing held by health-related students and faculty members appear to be rather neutral. The stereotypes seem to be better among students with some clinical experience, students of lower socio-economic status and faculty members.
探讨智利三所健康科学学校的健康专业学生和教师所持有的衰老刻板印象。
这项横断面研究调查了智利塔尔卡大学牙科学院、物理治疗学院和言语治疗学院的284名学生和教师。使用了一份经过验证的关于负面刻板印象的15题问卷（CENVE）。这些问题分为三类：（i）健康，（ii）社会因素与动机，以及（iii）性格与个性。每个类别的得分分为以下几类：（i）积极，（ii）中性，以及（iii）消极。对不同性别、社会经济地位水平、班级、职位（学生或教师）和学校的负面刻板印象进行了比较。
大多数参与者对衰老持有中性刻板印象，其次是积极看法。在性别、学校或班级之间未检测到差异。虽然大多数学生对衰老持中性看法，但教师的看法较为积极（p = 0.0182）。此外，社会经济地位中下的人群对衰老持有的积极刻板印象比高地位和中等地位的参与者更多（p = 0.0496）。
与健康相关的学生和教师所持有的衰老刻板印象似乎相当中性。在有一定临床经验的学生、社会经济地位较低的学生和教师中，这些刻板印象似乎更好。
