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Perceived rights of and social distance to people with Alzheimer's disease
Bourkel, Elisabeth; Ferring, Dieter; Weber, Germain
2012In GeroPsych: Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 25 (1), p. 25-32
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Keywords :
Alzheimer’s disease; perceived rights; social distance; stigmatization; health professionals; laypeople
Abstract :
[en] The present study investigated how laypeople and professionals (N = 185) judge the rights of a person affected with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and whether social distance exists towards this person. Participants completed a questionnaire after reading a vignette describing a target person with an early stage of AD. Half of the participants responded to a female target, the other half responded to a male target. Results showed that rights and competencies of the persons are rated high and social distance is exhibited only to a lesser degree, although there was a significant difference between the male and female target. Furthermore, health professionals approved more rights than laypeople, which suggests that there is a need for more detailed information about this disease in the general population.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Bourkel, Elisabeth ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Ferring, Dieter ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Weber, Germain;  Universität Wien > Fakultät für Psychologie > Institut für angewandte Psychologie: Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Förderunng
Language :
English
Title :
Perceived rights of and social distance to people with Alzheimer's disease
Publication date :
2012
Journal title :
GeroPsych: Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
Volume :
25
Issue :
1
Pages :
25-32
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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