Citation

Kane MN, Jacobs RJ, Hawkins WE. Soc. Work Health Care 2013; 52(1): 78-98.

Affiliation

School of Social Work , Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton , Florida , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00981389.2012.732205

PMID

23301936

Abstract

This study investigated attributions of autonomy and competence. Respondents completed items following one of four vignettes in which a character was identified as an older male, younger male, older female, or younger female with a history of hallucinations, substance abuse, and living on the street. Respondents viewed the vignette character as suffering from malnutrition, alcoholism, depression, and likely to commit suicide. A General Linear Model revealed harsher perceptions toward the older vignette characters. When controlling for educational exposure to aging and psychopathology, there were significant differences in eight of 37 items (F = 116.270, df = 37, p < .001).

Language: en