Study the Development of Attitudes to Aging in Women and Girls

Farzaneh SheibaniTezerji, Fatemeh SheibaniTezerji

Abstract


This study aimed to determine attitudes to aging in women and girls. This study is a descriptive and correlation. The population study is all women and girls living in Sirjan (Iran), from 14 to 70 years, including 300 samples that have been accessible sampling. The instruments are attitudes to the aging that has reliability and validity. The results showed there is not significant differences between the three age groups (young, middle-aged and elderly) women and girls in attitudes to aging (p> 0.05). In order to explain the results, the presence of women in community and medical and psychological empowerment of aging attended.

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