Original scientific paper
YOUNG PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS
Klavdija Globokar
; Alma Mater Europaea, Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract
In this paper, I discuss the relationship of young people to old age and their own ageing, with respect to their education, work experience, social convoy, and inclination to media. It is based on assumptions of social constructionism, which represents one of the foundations of Grounded Theory. The research is aimed at determining how the social construction of ageing appears among young people. I have carried out the survey among young female students aged 19 to 24 years through a questionnaire, and processed the data by using a quantitative methodology. The study has confirmed the existence of a more positive trend of young people's relationship to the elderly, and the attitude of young people to their own ageing is explicitly positive, which will result in a healthier and happier broader society.
Keywords
Social construction of ageing; young people; ageing; relationship to old age; social constructionism
Hrčak ID:
127960
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2014.
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