A Quantitative Study on Aging and the Evaluation of Attitudes towards Aging: The Adiyaman University Example

Aging has become an essential social phenomenon in developing countries. The underlying reason is the demographic aging conceptualized as increase number of elders within general population. structure which changes rapidly transforms attitudes towards and significance relationship between cultural patterns into important needs to be examined sociological aspects. Attitudes developed by society elderliness contain codes doesn’t actualize independent from values vary according time. Within this context, study aims examine at level perception two different generations (y z) demographically populations. In study, Elderliness Scale was implemented whose validity reliability had been tested before. As a result data obtained, negative old age are associated with decline status elderly. developments that cause elderly dependent on others have evaluated one causes age. It observed attitude negatively affects active aging, withdrawal life, opposite increases addiction. research, low aging.