scholarly journals Perception of the Old by Young Adults in Nigeria

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth ◽  
Ebenezer Olutope Akinnawo
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Old People ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Nigerian University

Using 21 bipolar adjectives, we aimed to identify the positive and negative perceptions of old people held by 375 young adults studying at a Nigerian university. Results showed that the young adults evaluated the concept of "old person" more positively than they did the concept of "young person"; specifically, the old person was rated as significantly more sincere, wise, fair, innocent, and predictable than the young person was. Further, we did not find any pervasive negative stereotypes of the old, as held by the young adults.

scholarly journals Dominant perceptions on the age

Stanovnistvo ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 147-160
Author(s):  
Slavica Komatina
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Dominant Negative ◽  
Old People ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Negative Connotation

Contemporary developed society, despite the fact that it is constantly and intensively ageing, is characterized by deeply rooted numerous negative stereotypes on old people and old age as a life period. The study of dominant perceptions on the age of Belgrade population takes not only the universal character of negative connotation of old age into consideration, but also the concrete unfavorable social context. The delicate problematic of stereotypes on old age and old people has been analyzed mostly indirectly, through questions on the beginning of old age, advantages and difficulties which we experience during ageing, the first subjective conscious encounter with one?s own ageing, the concept of ideal old age, changes in the persons traits and directly through questions on dominant negative perceptions which prevail on old people in our surrounding. Ageing in the Belgrade milieu is most commonly identified with illness and with the decline of physical potentials, and at the same time a number of other negative qualifications of old age as well. Research results indicate to a pronounced ambivalent standpoint towards ageing, to different observation of one?s own to old age of other people, to different consideration of old age among the sexes and to obvious aversion towards old people. This is expected, taking into consideration that living and ageing are developing nowadays under aggressive influence of contemporary mass culture which affirms youth, beauty, physical strength, health as dominant values, namely everything that is contrary to ageing and old age. On the other hand, our society is today confronted with, as well as in the near past, exceptional political, economic and cultural difficulties which cause specific problems with various age groups, as well as the lowering of the level of mutual endurance and tolerance. The atmosphere of straining the old people and emergence of new antagonisms causes the intensification of misunderstandings and distancing among generations as well and creates a favorable climate for maintaining different prejudices, even those towards ageing. While prejudices are by themselves a universal social-psychological category, prejudices on old age differ from the rest by one special and very significant characteristic - some primal fears are subconsciously hidden and some basic questions on the meaning of human existence are held back, so negative connotation of old age is precisely collective running away from these problems.

scholarly journals A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Teen Mothers Who Graduated from an Alternative School

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Modesto
Keyword(s):  
Alternative School ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Many studies support the recurring theme that due to early childbearing, the education of teen mothers is jeopardized. Negative stereotypes towards them also prevail representing the view that teen mothers are wayward, divergent, and burdensome to society. However, there is support from the literature that the majority of them maintain career and educational aspirations. Moreover, access of pregnant minors and teen mothers to public education is guaranteed by law. With this in view, the researcher explored the educational experiences of teen mothers, particularly those who chose to enroll in and eventually graduated from an alternative public school that exclusively serves this population. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used in interviewing seven teen mothers who graduated from an alternative school. This qualitative method was useful in understanding subjective experiences, forming insights about individuals’ motivations and actions. The participants were selected by purposive sampling. Inductive analysis of the data indicated that attending an alternative school provided academic reengagement, structure, motivation, and a safe and caring learning environment for the participants. This study makes a contribution to the scant literature about the educational experiences of teen mothers, providing evidence that they strive to succeed and can succeed educationally when given support and access to academic services. The conclusions serve as a counter discourse to the prevailing negative perceptions towards this challenged population.

Stay or Leave?

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-202
Author(s):  
Isabelle Frechon ◽  
Lucy Marquette
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Continue Medical ◽  
Extended Care ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
Fiscal Restraint

This chapter reports on results of a study conducted with 1,622 young adults between the ages of 17 and 20, comparing the profiles of youth who either opt out or do not have access to extended services beyond the age of 18 to those who benefit from these services. Young adult protection in France, also known as Young Adult Contract, is a welfare contract between a young adult and a Child Welfare Officer that “commits” the young person to either continue their education or actively seek a job and accommodations, continue medical treatment, update administrative documentation, and learn to manage a budget. Opportunities and the limitations of extended care contracts are reviewed and the perverse effects of this measure are reviewed in a context of fiscal restraint when youth have difficulties acquiring vital skills essential for a successful transition to adulthood.

Bilingualism and cognition: A focus on mechanisms

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA VALIAN
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
List Type ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Old People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

The goal of my keynote article, “Bilingualism and Cognition” (Valian, 2014), was to resolve the inconsistencies in effects of bilingualism on executive functions, whether the individuals were children, young adults, or old people. To summarize (and sharpen) my argument: 1.Especially in children and young adults, benefits of bilingualism for executive functions are not reliable. In old people, there are benefits for executive functions but contradictory results on delay of cognitive impairment, depending on whether studies are retrospective or prospective.2.All experiences that have benefits for executive functions and aging – and there are many – yield inconsistent effects. Bilingualism is not alone.3.Three reasons for inconsistencies in bilingualism and other experiences are: a.Executive function and cognitive reserve are broad cover terms for a variety of mechanisms, most of which are ill-understood. Because we mean different things by ‘executive function’ from one experiment to the next, we can both think we don't have an effect when we do and think we have an effect when we don’t.b.Tasks are impure: apparently similar tasks measure different aspects of executive function and measure other aspects of cognition as well. Because we lack a good analysis of tasks, we too often do not know what we are measuring. I encourage readers to examine the demos in the supplementary materials of the keynote article to see for themselves what the tasks are like.c.Individuals engage in many different activities that may be on a par with bilingualism in their benefits.4.Different types of bilingual experience are unlikely to explain the variability of findings, given the inconsistencies in extant data on varieties of bilingualism.5.There is a benefit of bilingualism, but bilingualism competes with other sources of benefits. Especially for children and young adults, whose daily lives are full of cognitively enriching and challenging experiences, we should expect variability in effects of being bilingual.6.The way forward is to focus on underlying mechanisms.

scholarly journals Perceptions on Own Aging: Comparisons between Young Adults with and without Caregiving Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1050-1050
Author(s):  
Phoebe Clark ◽  
Vanessa Cuppari ◽  
Matthew Picchiello ◽  
Michiko Iwasaki ◽  
Andrew Futterman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Young Caregivers ◽  
School Work ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Aging Perceptions

Abstract Although informal caregiving for older adults (OAs) can increase knowledge and awareness about one’s own aging (Pope, 2013), it can also negatively impact caregivers’ physical health and emotional wellbeing (AARP & NAC, 2020) and have spillover effects on school, work, and marriage (Dellmann-Jenkins & Blankemeyer, 2009). Despite the recent trend of family caregiving for OAs by young adults (YAs), research about these young caregivers is scarce. The present study focused on YAs’ perceptions on aging. We hypothesized that YAs who provided at least three months of caregiving tasks for OAs would hold more awareness and negative perceptions on their own aging, as measured by a modified version of the Brief Aging Perceptions Questionnaire (Sexton et al., 2014), compared to those who did not. We recruited 234 YAs between the ages of 18 - 40 (Mage = 29.78, SD, age = 4.83; 59% White; 65.4% male) and had them complete a survey via Amazon Mechanical Turks. About one third (32.1%) had caregiving experience. Results of independent t-tests revealed that caregivers scored higher on awareness of aging [t(229) = 6.950., p < .001, d = .865] and negative consequences/control [t(231) = 6.528., p < .001, d = .927]. Scores of positive consequences/control did not differ between the two groups. Our findings indicate the need for psychological interventions designed to help young caregivers integrate their caregiving experiences with less negative aging perceptions. Future research should examine the direct effects of caregiving experience on perceptions of aging between young and middle-aged adults.

Filipinos Love Serving Others: Negotiating a Filipino Identity in Hawai’i

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Eisen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Colonial Mentality ◽  
Racial Ideologies ◽  
Identity Processes

Examining how individuals negotiate a Filipino identity in Hawai’i provides insights into the fluidity and flexibility of racism. Filipino identities in Hawai’i are often negotiated at the intersections of a Filipino colonial mentality, a local Hawai’i identity, and racialized structures that marginalize Filipinos. Drawing on interviews with upwardly mobile individuals who grew up in Hawai’i, I illuminate how young adults reclaim a Filipino identity after growing up being ashamed of being Filipino. Spurred by experience in higher education, the participants worked to affiliate themselves with being Filipino and recast negative stereotypes in positive fashions. Although these reframings of stereotypes enabled one to confidently assert that they were Filipino, they also upheld the negative characterizations of Filipinos that inform their marginalization in Hawai’i. Ultimately, this research demonstrates the racial ideologies are fluid and flexible, as they can shape identity processes that attempt to construct a positive Filipino identity in Hawai’i.

Drivers' Cycling Experiences and Acceptability of Micromobility Use among Children in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-460
Author(s):  
Regina O. Amoako-Sakyi ◽  
Kwabena K. Agyemang ◽  
Collins A. Mensah ◽  
Prince K. Odame ◽  
Abdul -A. Seidu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Commercial Drivers ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Apart from their potential environmental benefits, micromobility modes of transport can afford their users enormous health benefits. This notwithstanding, their adoption is very low or non-existent in most African cities including Ghana. The paucity of research on micromobility in Ghana restricts any objective discussions on the factors that contribute to its low adoption. However, data from elsewhere flag the lack of safe spaces as an important factor. The creation of safe spaces and a micromobility supportive environment will have to be premised on the nuanced understanding of existing intermodal interactions and con flicts. Although micromobility vehicles like e-bikes and e-scooters are not common in Ghana, bicycles are, and they offer a window of opportunity to study intermodal interactions between cyclists (micromobility proxy) and other road users. Using a mixed methods approach, this study investigates the interactions and con flicts that arise between child cyclists and informal-sector commercial vehicle drivers in two Ghanaian cities (Cape Coast and Kumasi) and attempt to predict micromobility acceptability based on drivers' attitudes towards child cyclists and drivers cycling experiences. The results show a low acceptability of micromobility by drivers. They also had several negative stereotypes about cyclists and considered them illegitimate road users. Educational attainment, employment status, and priority access emerged as the best predictors of acceptability of micromobility use by informal-sector commercial drivers. Taken together, the low acceptability of micromobility and the negative perceptions drivers have of cyclists might present significant stumbling blocks to adoption of micromobility in the study areas. Further studies on the suitability of the built environment, intention-to-use, policy development as well as the development of a business model for micromobility will go a long way in shaping the next steps.

Deliberate Leadership

2012 ◽  
pp. 1381-1402
Author(s):  
Kristen Lamoreaux ◽  
Dibi Varghese
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Workplace Flexibility ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Women In It ◽  
Negative Perceptions

For decades, societal influences, academic ennui, and corporate resistance to change have contributed toward the reduction of the number of women pursuing the computer science field. Technology innovations have enabled greater workplace flexibility, yet gender schemas and negative stereotypes remain. Human Resources organizations are pivotal in altering negative perceptions and reversing misconceptions. HR has low and no cost options available to them to greatly impact their work environment and subsequent female IT recruitment, development, and retention programs. Organizations that do not deliberately address the talent shortfall within Information Technology will clearly suffer recruitment, retention, and business performance consequences. While the focus of this chapter is women in IT, most of the discussion can also be applied to men.

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