Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis

Manon Marquet, Pierre Missotten, Sarah Schroyen, Desiderate Nindaba, Stéphane Adam Psychology of Aging Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium Background: Recent cross-cultural comparisons between Asian and Western cultures have shown that ageism arises more from...

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Autores principales:	Marquet M, Missotten P, Schroyen S, Nindaba D, Adam S
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2016
Materias:	vision of aging cross-cultural differences socio-economic development intergenerational relations Geriatrics RC952-954.6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:be703bd2ffe94bd6b88011c90a7f359f2021-12-02T05:58:13ZAgeism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/be703bd2ffe94bd6b88011c90a7f359f2016-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/ageism-in-belgium-and-burundi-a-comparative-analysis-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Manon Marquet, Pierre Missotten, Sarah Schroyen, Desiderate Nindaba, Stéphane Adam Psychology of Aging Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium Background: Recent cross-cultural comparisons between Asian and Western cultures have shown that ageism arises more from the lack of availability of social and economic resources for older adults than from the culture itself. We tested this assumption by conducting a survey among people living in a least developed country compared with those living in a developed country.Participants and methods: Twenty-seven Belgians living in Belgium, 29 Burundians living in Belgium, and 32 Burundians living in Burundi were included in this study. Their attitudes toward older adults were assessed using several self-reported measures.Results: Statistical analyses confirmed that older people are more negatively perceived by Burundians living in Burundi than by Burundians and Belgians living in Belgium, whose attitudes did not differ from each other.Conclusion: Consistent with our hypothesis, our results suggest that the level of development of a country and more particularly the lack of government spending on older people (pension and health care systems) may contribute to their younger counterparts perceiving them more negatively. Keywords: attitudes toward older adults, cross-cultural differences, socioeconomic development, intergenerational relationsMarquet MMissotten PSchroyen SNindaba DAdam SDove Medical Pressarticlevision of agingcross-cultural differencessocio-economic developmentintergenerational relationsGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 11, Pp 1129-1139 (2016)
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spellingShingle	vision of aging cross-cultural differences socio-economic development intergenerational relations Geriatrics RC952-954.6 Marquet M Missotten P Schroyen S Nindaba D Adam S Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis
description	Manon Marquet, Pierre Missotten, Sarah Schroyen, Desiderate Nindaba, Stéphane Adam Psychology of Aging Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium Background: Recent cross-cultural comparisons between Asian and Western cultures have shown that ageism arises more from the lack of availability of social and economic resources for older adults than from the culture itself. We tested this assumption by conducting a survey among people living in a least developed country compared with those living in a developed country.Participants and methods: Twenty-seven Belgians living in Belgium, 29 Burundians living in Belgium, and 32 Burundians living in Burundi were included in this study. Their attitudes toward older adults were assessed using several self-reported measures.Results: Statistical analyses confirmed that older people are more negatively perceived by Burundians living in Burundi than by Burundians and Belgians living in Belgium, whose attitudes did not differ from each other.Conclusion: Consistent with our hypothesis, our results suggest that the level of development of a country and more particularly the lack of government spending on older people (pension and health care systems) may contribute to their younger counterparts perceiving them more negatively. Keywords: attitudes toward older adults, cross-cultural differences, socioeconomic development, intergenerational relations
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title	Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis
title_short	Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis
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title_fullStr	Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis
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Ageism in Belgium and Burundi: a comparative analysis

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