The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries

Andrei Shpakou; Ludmila Klimatckaia; Natalia Skoblina; Joanna Baj-Korpak; Aelita Skarbalienė; Olga Fedorciv; Yelena Loginovich; Asta Raskilienė; Siarhei Piatrou; Ewa Kleszczewska; Aleh Kuzniatsou

doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016

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The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries

Andrei Shpakou

¹

,

Ludmila Klimatckaia

²

,

Natalia Skoblina

³

,

Joanna Baj-Korpak

⁴

,

Aelita Skarbalienė

⁵

,

Olga Fedorciv

⁶

,

Yelena Loginovich

⁷

,

Asta Raskilienė

⁷

,

Siarhei Piatrou

⁸

,

Ewa Kleszczewska

⁹

,

Aleh Kuzniatsou

¹⁰

Department of Integrated Medical Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Work, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Paediatrics Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, John Paul II University of Applied Sciences in Biala Podlaska, Poland
Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Ivan Horbachevsky National Medical University of Ternopil, Ternopil, Ukraine
Institute of Biology Systems and Genetic Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Culture, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Grodno, Belarus
Department of Health, State Vocational University in Suwalki, Poland
Institute of Biochemistry of Biologically Active Compounds of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Grodno, Belarus

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2022; 24(4): 348–355

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016

Online publish date: 2022/12/21

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Shpakou A, Klimatckaia L, Skoblina N, et al. The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2022;24(4):348-355. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016.

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Shpakou, A., Klimatckaia, L., Skoblina, N., Baj-Korpak, J., Skarbalienė, A.,  & Fedorciv, O. et al. (2022). The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 24(4), 348-355. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016

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Shpakou, Andrei, Ludmila Klimatckaia, Natalia Skoblina, Joanna Baj-Korpak, Aelita Skarbalienė, Olga Fedorciv,  and Yelena Loginovich et al. 2022. "The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries". Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 24 (4): 348-355. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016.

Harvard

Shpakou, A., Klimatckaia, L., Skoblina, N., Baj-Korpak, J., Skarbalienė, A., Fedorciv, O., Loginovich, Y., Raskilienė, A., Piatrou, S., Kleszczewska, E.,  and Kuzniatsou, A. (2022). The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 24(4), pp.348-355. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016

MLA

Shpakou, Andrei et al. "The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries." Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, vol. 24, no. 4, 2022, pp. 348-355. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016.

Vancouver

Shpakou A, Klimatckaia L, Skoblina N, Baj-Korpak J, Skarbalienė A, Fedorciv O et al. The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2022;24(4):348-355. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113016.

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Background
The problem of the ageing population has resulted in attitudes towards aging in different age groups becoming a subject of increased academic interest.

Objectives
To provide comparative characteristics of the prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries.

Material and methods
The sample consisted of university students (n = 2493) aged 18–25 from Belarus (n = 827), Russia (n = 528), Poland (n = 798), Lithuania (n = 223) and Ukraine (n = 117). The prevalence of gerontological ageism among respondents was evaluated according to the Fraboni Ageism Scale.

Results
The prevalence and manifestations of gerontological ageism vary depending on the country. The maximum total indicator, displaying the highest overall level of ageism, was noted among Belarusian students, the minimum – in Lithuania (p < 0.05). The final indicators of gerontological ageism were found to be the following: the level of age discrimination and negative emotional attitude towards the elderly was increased in one fifth of the respondents in all five groups. The observation found the level of ageism averaging at 60%, evenly distributed in all groups. The predominant attitudes towards older people were found to be neutral or positive (84.6%).

Conclusions
The manifestations of ageism are international in nature and can explain 20% of the total variety of answers characterising the differences in ranked attributes and degree of ageism. The total indicator showed the highest degree of gerontological ageism among students in Belarus, the lowest – among those in Lithuania, with levels of gerontological ageism among students in Russia, Poland and Ukraine distributed in between.

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The prevalence of manifestations of gerontological ageism among university students in five European countries

Andrei Shpakou 1 , Ludmila Klimatckaia 2 , Natalia Skoblina 3 , Joanna Baj-Korpak 4 , Aelita Skarbalienė 5 , Olga Fedorciv 6 , Yelena Loginovich 7 , Asta Raskilienė 7 , Siarhei Piatrou 8 , Ewa Kleszczewska 9 , Aleh Kuzniatsou 10

students, prevalence, Europe, gerontological ageism

Andrei Shpakou

¹

,

Ludmila Klimatckaia

²

,

Natalia Skoblina

³

,

Joanna Baj-Korpak

⁴

,

Aelita Skarbalienė

⁵

,

Olga Fedorciv

⁶

,

Yelena Loginovich

⁷

,

Asta Raskilienė

⁷

,

Siarhei Piatrou

⁸

,

Ewa Kleszczewska

⁹

,

Aleh Kuzniatsou

¹⁰