Italian students' social representation on aging

An Exploratory Study of a Representational System

Bibliographic Data

ID4406937
AuthorsJoão Wachelke (0000-0003-4364-8598, University of Padua), Alberta Contarello (0000-0001-9046-4789, University of Padua)
Year2011
Volume24
Issue3
Pages551-560
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsicologia Reflexão e Crítica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-7972 • E-ISSN: 1678-7153
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-79722011000300016
OpenAlexW2039201112
SCIELO_PIDS0102-79722011000300016
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

In various countries there are studies aimed at characterizing social representations on aging, but little is known about their relations with other representations. The present study proposes to characterize those relations through the notion of representational systems. An exploratory survey has been conducted with 151 Italian undergraduate students. They have completed evocation tasks about seven social objects linked to aging and also rated the distances among them. Distance ratings went through similarity analysis, while a prototypical analysis was carried out for aging and three objects: death, health and family. The results indicate possible content connections among representation elements and suggest a conjunction relationship between aging and family. The notion of representational systems opens possibilities for more refined representational characterizations

Cognitive psychology · Evocation · Exploratory research · Representation (politics) · Similarity (geometry) · Social relationship · Social representation · Social science · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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