TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated with the Intention to Work with Older Adults Among First Year Social Work Students in Israel
AU - Parizian-Steinberg, Noa
AU - Benyamini, Yael
AU - Weiss-Gal, Idit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This study examined a model based on the Terror Management Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to identify factors associated with social work students` intention to work with older adults. A cross-sectional study with a sample of 375 first-year Israeli social work students was undertaken. Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control were directly associated with this intention. Contact with older adults was related to anxiety about older adults, which along with anxiety about self-aging, was related to the TPB constructs. The model explained 63% of the variance of the students` intention to work with older adults.
AB - This study examined a model based on the Terror Management Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to identify factors associated with social work students` intention to work with older adults. A cross-sectional study with a sample of 375 first-year Israeli social work students was undertaken. Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control were directly associated with this intention. Contact with older adults was related to anxiety about older adults, which along with anxiety about self-aging, was related to the TPB constructs. The model explained 63% of the variance of the students` intention to work with older adults.
KW - Social work students
KW - anxiety
KW - attitudes
KW - older adults
KW - perceived behavioral control
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U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2024.2339972
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2024.2339972
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C2 - 38590186
AN - SCOPUS:85190435194
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 67
SP - 588
EP - 604
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 5
ER -