Aging and old age in the opinion of high school students in Chojnice
| Main Authors: | Topczewska, Katarzyna, Stangret, Anna, Mularczyk, Agata, Szczęśniak, Angelika, Rogulska, Karolina, Kapczuk, Patrycja |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
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, 2020
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https://zenodo.org/record/4012081 |
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- Topczewska Katarzyna, Stangret Anna, Mularczyk Agata, Szczęśniak Angelika, Rogulska Karolina, Kapczuk Patrycja. Aging and old age in the opinion of high school students in Chojnice. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;10(9):2528. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2020.10.09.003 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2020.10.09.003 https://zenodo.org/record/4012081 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2020; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 10.08.2020. Revised: 15.08.2020. Accepted: 02.09.2020. Aging and old age in the opinion of high school students in Chojnice Katarzyna Topczewska, Anna Stangret, Agata Mularczyk, Angelika Szczęśniak, Karolina Rogulska, Patrycja Kapczuk Katarzyna Topczewska; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2509-8289; katarzyna.topczewska@pum.edu.pl; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Epidemiology and Management, Żołnierska Street 48, 71-210 Szczecin. Anna Stangret; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2721-2121; annastangret@wp.pl; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Human and Clinical Anatomy, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Street 72, 70-111, Szczecin. Agata Mularczyk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8273-6737; amularczyk@pum.edu.pl; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Obstetrics and Pathology of Pregnancy, Żołnierska Street 48, 71-210, Szczecin. Angelika Szczęśniak; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7854-8864; angelika.szczesniak.92@gmail.com; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Street 72, 70-111, Szczecin. Karolina Rogulska; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-7430; karolina.rogulska@pum.edu.pl; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Street 72, 70-111, Szczecin. Patrycja Kapczuk; Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Street 72, 70-111, Szczecin. Abstract Nowadays, a significant increase in the number of post-working age people can be observed. This is due primarily to the change of life style, taking care of their own health and the development of medicine. Therefore, the perception of old people and their problems have become a common theme and subject of research. Aging and old age are referred to as the next stage in human development, which puts it in front of an extremely severe challenges or difficulties. The aim of this study was to present the views of High School students about aging and old age. In the anonymous and voluntary survey involved 252 students in grades first Chojnice High Schools. The author's questionnaire was used, containing 26 questions. Analyzes were performed using IBM SPSS version 24 and Microsoft Office Excel. In our own research, the relationship between the gender of respondents and the fear of old age was proved, which shows that women are more likely to fear their own old age. The correlation between place of residence and opinion on the need for elderly people in society was also examined. It was shown that among the youth living in the city up to 100,000 inhabitants were people who thought that the old people were unnecessary for the society. However, the vast majority of opinion-makers declared the need for old people in the population. The results of the study showed that young people have a positive attitude to the older generation. There was no stereotypical perception of old people by young people. Key words: aging, old age, youth attitudes