Diana K. Harris

Encyclopedia of Ageism

* About the Editors * Contributors * Foreword (Robert N. Butler) * Preface * List of Entries * Abuse in nursing homes * Abuse by elders in nursing homes * Advertising * African Americans * Age conflict * Age denial * Age inequality * Age norms * Age segregation * Age stratification * Aged as a minority group * Ageism in the Bible * Ageism survey * Age-specific public programs * Alcoholism * Antiaging medicine * Architecture * Art * Arts * Assisted living * Attribution theory * Benefits of aging * Biological definitions of aging * Blaming the aged * Books * Botox * Cards * Change strategies * Changes in attitudes * Childrens attitudes * Childrens literature * Churches * Cohorts * Consent to treatment * Cost-benefit analysis * Costs of ageism * Criminal victimization * Cross-cultural ageism * Cultural lag * Cultural sources of ageism * Definitions * Demographic trends * Dentistry * Disability * Discounts * Disengagement theory * Drivers license testing * Education * Employment discrimination * Ethical issues * Euphemisms * Face-lifts * Facts on Aging Quiz * Facts on Aging and Mental Health Quiz * Family * Financial abuse * Functional age * Future of ageism * Generational equity * Geriatrics * Gerontocracy * Gerontology * Health care * Hispanics * History * HIV/AIDS * Hollywood * Housing * Human rights of older persons * Humor * Hypertension * Individual sources of ageism * Intergenerational projects * Isolation * Japan * Journalism * Language * Legal review program * Legal system * Literature * Living wills * Mandatory retirement of judges * Measuring ageism in children * Medical students * Memory and cognitive function * Memory stereotypes * Mental illness * Modernization theory * Nursing * Nursing homes * Organizations opposing ageism * Patronizing * Pension bias * Perpetual youth * Physical therapy * Politics * Positive Aging Newsletter * Public policy * Reducing ageism * Responses to ageism * Retirement communities * Role expectations * Scapegoating * Self-fulfilling prophecy * Semantic differential scale * Senior centers * Sexism * Sexuality * Slogans * Social psychology * Social Security * Societal ageism * Songs * Stage theory * Stereotypes * Subcultures * Successful aging * Suicide * Tax breaks * Television * Terms preferred by older people * Theories of aging * Transportation * Types of ageists * Typologies * Unconscious ageism * Voice quality * Index * Reference Notes Included

PALMORE'S FIRST FACTS ON AGING QUIZ IN A MULTIPLE‐CHOICE FORMAT

A multiple‐choice version and a true‐false version of Palmores first Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ1) were tested on a sample of 501 college students. The multiple‐choice version reduced the chances of guessing the correct answer and reduced measurement error for average and above average respondents

REVISION OF PALMORE'S SECOND FACTS ON AGING QUIZ FROM A TRUE‐FALSE TO A MULTIPLE‐CHOICE FORMAT

A study was undertaken to develop for the first time a multiple‐choice version of one of Palmores true‐false tests on aging knowledge. We were interested in comparing the two formats of the second Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ2; Palmore, 1981) to determine whether educational measurement improved with a change in format. The multiple‐choice version was administered to 195 introductory sociology students, and the standard true‐false version was given to a second group of 180 introductory sociology students. Compared with the true‐false version, the multiple‐choice version (a) showed a substantial decrease in guessing and thus increased the likelihood that a score was an accurate reflection o respondents knowledge, (b) had greater internal consistency and reliability, (c) showed a trend toward higher discriminatory power, and (d) identified more specifically some misconceptions about aging.

A Test of Strain and Self-Control Theories: Occupational Crime in Nursing Homes

ABSTRACT This study investigates the effectiveness of self-control and strain theories for predicting two different forms of occupational crime in nursing homes—employee theft of patients’ belongings, and abuse of patients. The nursing home setting is one in which opportunity to commit crime is relatively stable among employees. We report the results of a national study of nursing home employees. A stratified random sample of 47 nursing homes from ten states was selected, and employees in the homes were surveyed. The results indicate that variables derived from strain theory are related to theft and abuse, while self-control theory is not related to either form of occupational crime.