"Old oxen cannot plow": Stereotype themes of older adults in Turkish folklore

Name: "Old oxen cannot plow": Stereotype themes of older adults in Turkish folklore
Author: Marcus, Justin, Sabuncu, Neslihan

İsim	"Old oxen cannot plow": Stereotype themes of older adults in Turkish folklore
Yazar	Marcus, Justin, Sabuncu, Neslihan
Basım Tarihi:	2015
Basım Yeri	- Oxford Publishing
Konu	Ageism, Age stereotypes, Causes of ageism, Turkey, Folklore, Grounded Theory
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1758-5341
Kayıt Numarası	92eeaf9d-ac96-48f3-9fda-42b2c97d1a1c
Lokasyon	Undergraduate English Program, Psychology
Tarih	2015
Notlar	Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.
Örnek Metin	Purpose of the Study: Although much research has established the nature of attitudes and stereotypes toward older adults, there are conflicting explanations for the root cause of ageism, including the sociocultural view and interpersonal views, that age bias against older adults is uniquely a product of modernity and occurs through social interactions, and the evolutionary view and intraindividual views, that age bias against older adults is rooted in our naturally occurring and individually held fear of death. We make initial investigations into resolving this conflict, by analyzing literature from a society predating the Industrial Revolution, the society of Ottoman Turks. Design and Methods: Using Grounded Theory, we analyzed 1,555 Turkish fairy tales of the most well-known older adult in Turkish folklore, Nasreddin Hoca, for stereotype themes of older adults. Using the same method, we then analyzed 22,000+ Turkish say-ings and proverbs for the same themes. Results: Results indicated older adults to be viewed both positively and negatively. Positive stereotypes included wisdom, warmth, deserving of respect, and retirement. Negative stereotypes included incompetence, inadaptability, and frailty/nearing of death. Older females were viewed more negatively relative to older males. Implications: Results indicated views of older adults to parallel those found in contem-porary research. Results have implications for the design of interventions to reduce age-ism and on the cross-cultural generalizability of age-based stereotypes.
DOI	10.1093/geront/gnv108

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"Old oxen cannot plow": Stereotype themes of older adults in Turkish folklore

Yazar Marcus, Justin, Sabuncu, Neslihan

Basım Tarihi 2015

Basım Yeri - Oxford Publishing

Konu Ageism, Age stereotypes, Causes of ageism, Turkey, Folklore, Grounded Theory

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1758-5341

Kayıt Numarası 92eeaf9d-ac96-48f3-9fda-42b2c97d1a1c

Lokasyon Undergraduate English Program, Psychology

Tarih 2015

Notlar Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.

Örnek Metin Purpose of the Study: Although much research has established the nature of attitudes and stereotypes toward older adults, there are conflicting explanations for the root cause of ageism, including the sociocultural view and interpersonal views, that age bias against older adults is uniquely a product of modernity and occurs through social interactions, and the evolutionary view and intraindividual views, that age bias against older adults is rooted in our naturally occurring and individually held fear of death. We make initial investigations into resolving this conflict, by analyzing literature from a society predating the Industrial Revolution, the society of Ottoman Turks. Design and Methods: Using Grounded Theory, we analyzed 1,555 Turkish fairy tales of the most well-known older adult in Turkish folklore, Nasreddin Hoca, for stereotype themes of older adults. Using the same method, we then analyzed 22,000+ Turkish say-ings and proverbs for the same themes. Results: Results indicated older adults to be viewed both positively and negatively. Positive stereotypes included wisdom, warmth, deserving of respect, and retirement. Negative stereotypes included incompetence, inadaptability, and frailty/nearing of death. Older females were viewed more negatively relative to older males. Implications: Results indicated views of older adults to parallel those found in contem-porary research. Results have implications for the design of interventions to reduce age-ism and on the cross-cultural generalizability of age-based stereotypes.

DOI 10.1093/geront/gnv108