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Direct linkKane, Michael N.; Green, Diane; Jacobs, Robin – Educational Gerontology, 2013
Human service students were surveyed ("N" = 207) to determine their perceptions about homeless elders and communal responsibility for their well-being. Using a backward regression analysis, a final model ("F" = 15.617, "df" = 7, "p" < 0.001) for Perceptions about Homeless Persons and Community…
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Homeless People, Older Adults, Well Being
Kane, Michael N.; Green, Diane – Educational Gerontology, 2009
Human service professionals regularly do not recognize the symptoms of substance abuse in older populations and are unlikely to provide intervention. In this study, human service students (N = 242) were given one of three vignettes in which the main character was an 80-year-old man, an 80-year-old woman, or they were asked to imagine themselves at…
Descriptors: Human Services, Substance Abuse, Intervention, Drinking
Kane, Michael N. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
BSW and MSW students (N = 183) read one of three vignettes and were asked to respond to 21 items investigating their perceptions about depression, anxiety, and resilience of the vignette's character. While the incidents in each vignette were identical, the main character was (a) a 75-year-old Mr. Jones, (b) a 75-year-old Ms. Jones, or (c) "Imagine…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Personality Traits, Minority Groups, Depression (Psychology)
Kane, Michael N. – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Undergraduate social work and criminal justice students completed 1 of 4 vignettes that were identical with the exception of the age and gender of the vignette's subject. In each vignette, the subject interacted with an opposite-sex 24-year-old waiter or waitress. Following each vignette, respondents answered 20 items relating to the age, gender,…
Descriptors: Females, Criminals, Social Work, Sexuality
Kane, Michael N. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
BSW and MSW students randomly completed one of two vignettes that were identical with the exception of the age of the vignette's subject. Following the vignette, respondents responded to 16 bio-psycho-social assessment and intervention items relating to health, illness, aging, and death. The multivariate analysis of variance was significant…
Descriptors: Social Work, Aging (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKane, Michael N. – Educational Gerontology, 2003
A role-play exercise about Alzheimer's disease was designed to teach group work with memory-impaired elders. Written comments from 26 social work students revealed four outcomes: demystifying practical knowledge, respect for diversity among memory-impaired individuals, increased awareness of elders' internal states, and awareness of the challenges…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Gerontology, Higher Education, Role Playing
