The aim of this study is to determine the empathic tendencies, attitudes
of nursing students towards older people and related factors. Methods: This
descriptive study was performed with 180 nursing students who accepted to
participate in the study in Sinop University, Nursing Department during the
2014-2015 academic year. Student Identification Form, Empathic Tendency Scale
(ETS) and Kogan\'s attitude towards older people scale (KAOP) were used in
order to collect data. Percentage distribution and t-test, Mann Whitney U test
and Kruskal Wallis test were used to analyze the data. Results: Of all
participants, 84.4% of them were female and the mean age was 21.68?2.18. The
mean ETS score of students was 66.07? 24.44 and the mean KAOP scale score of
students was 124.32?42.99. It was found that nursing students had positive
attitudes towards older individuals and their emphatic tendency was above the
moderate level. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between the
emphatic tendency of students who had positive attitudes towards older people
(81.26?12.38) compared to the emphatic tendency of students who had negative
attitudes towards older people (40.46?12.38) (p<0.05). Conclusion:
Conclusively emphatic tendency level is very important in order to improve the
positive old age perception. - See more at:
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