Effects of an Intergenerational Program on the Attitudes of Emotionally Disturbed Youth toward the Elderly.

Barton, Hedy

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ERIC Number: EJ596517

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Effects of an Intergenerational Program on the Attitudes of Emotionally Disturbed Youth toward the Elderly.

Barton, Hedy

Educational Gerontology, v25 n7 p623-40 Oct-Nov 1999

An intergenerational program included a classroom curriculum and visits between 36 older adults and nine adolescents with emotional disturbances. The youths' attitudes toward older people were less positive after the experience. However, their overall evaluation of the program was extremely favorable. (SK)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Emotional Disturbances, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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