Old age and elderly people: social representations of adolescent students Vejez y persona anciana: representaciones sociales de adolescentes escolares Velhice e pessoa idosa: representações sociais de adolescentes escolares

OBJECTIVE: to know the main elements of social representations about elderly people and old age among adolescents at a public high school. METHOD: 172 adolescents between 14 and 19 years of age participated. The free evocation of words technique was applied through the terms elderly and old age....

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Main Authors: Maria Célia de Freitas, Maria Assunção Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000300750