Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1995
Thesis Director
William T. Bailey
Abstract
Responses to the Senior Apperception Technique, SAT, a projective technique featuring drawings of elderly people, have been little investigated. In this study a subset of SAT cards were administered to college undergraduates in a group setting and responses were scored on the dimensions of general emotional tone and outcome. The Aging Semantic Differential was also administered. Two hypotheses were generated based on the literature: 1) that males would tend to have a more negative attitude towards the elderly than do females and 2) responses to the SAT would generally have a negative emotional tone as well as negative outcomes. Neither hypotheses was supported by the analyses. Although tone scores were not more likely to be negative than positive, tone scores were significantly more negative than outcomes. The limitations of the study as well as clinical and educational implications are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Yao, Richard D., "Assessment of Attitudes Towards the Elderly Using the Senior Apperception Technique and the Aging Semantic Differential" (1995). Masters Theses. 2006.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/2006
