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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.4.667

Factors Affecting the Social Distance from Elderly with Dementia of Social Welfare Students  

Kim, Bo-Mi (Department of Welfare counseling, Chodang University)
Kim, Ji-Hyun (Department of Nursing, Daejeon University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.20, no.4, 2022 , pp. 667-677 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research is a descriptive study that aimed to identify the knowledge and attitude of dementia, empathy, and social distance from elderly with dementia of social welfare students and the effect these had on their social distance from elderly with dementia. This study was conducted by collecting 191 social welfare students in three universities in C and D cities. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, ANOVA, t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression with the SPSS 23.0 program. The average social distance from elderly with dementia was 3.40 points. The social distance from elderly with dementia of the study participants showed a positive correlation between the attitude of dementia(r=.47, p=.001) and empathy(r= .27, p<.001). According to the results of multiple regression analysis, attitude of dementia(β=.21, p=.001), and empathy(β=.37, p<.001) were shown to be significant factors that affected the social distance from elderly with dementia. These variables explained 36.5%. Therefore, an education program to improve the ocial distance from elderly with dementia of social welfare students should be considered as a way to enhance positive attitude of dementia and empathy.
Keywords
Dementia; Knowledge; Attitude; Empathy; Social distance;
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