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ERIC Number: EJ245380
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Feb
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Personal Belongings--A Positive Effect?
Millard, Peter H.; Smith, Chris S.
Gerontologist, v21 n1 p85-90 Feb 1981
The effect of personal belongings on perceptions of the elderly in institutions was tested through color slides in two groups of medical students. The elderly person surrounded by personal belongings was perceived in a less negative way than the same person in bare surroundings. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Geriatrics, Higher Education, Institutionalized Persons, Medical Students, Older Adults, Place of Residence, Social Cognition, Social Environment, Social Isolation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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