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ERIC Number: EJ1189320
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
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Intergenerational Exchange: Undergraduate Researchers' Learning and Listening Enhanced through Older Adults' Entertainment Preferences
Lovell, Elyse D'nn; Casey, Melissa; Randall, Logan; Isaacson, Charlena; Bell, Michaela; Fox, Heidi; Stephenson, Kathryn; Scott, Alexus; LaFond, Ashton; Seccomb, Emma; Tadday, Brittany
Educational Gerontology, v44 n7 p469-477 2018
The purpose of this qualitative study was to provide an intergenerational exchange as undergraduate students taking an introductory Psychology of Aging course, interviewed and watched films with older adult participants (N = 13) residing in an assisted living community. The undergraduate researchers (N = 10) conducted and transcribed interviews, wrote about their perceptions of interviews and film viewing with older adults, and their instructor interviewed assisted living staff (N = 2) creating an assessment of participants, researchers, and staff. Researchers listened and learned from older adult's words, thereby improving researchers' understanding that older adults preferred in-person discussions over film viewing. Researchers learned from older adults' words, as they began to understand that sexual content in today's films may reduce entertainment viewing for youth and older adults. Older adults described television remotes and phones with frustration and researchers felt angst for their frustration. Findings suggested understanding and meaning for participants and researchers in this service learning intergenerational exchange generated through undergraduate research.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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