Melanson P M, Downe-Wamboldt B L
J Adv Nurs. 1985 Nov;10(6):527-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1985.tb00543.x.
The relationship between certain psychosocial characteristics of 122 baccalaureate nursing students and their attitudes toward the elderly was determined using multiple stepwise regression. Collectively the psychosocial characteristics accounted for 11-14% of the variance in attitude scores on four of the seven attitude dimensions, specifically, realistic toughness toward the elderly, anxiety about ageing, family responsibility and unfavourable stereotyping of the elderly.
