Abstract
This study examines changes in attitudes and experiences reported by student interviewers (N= 40) who administered a two-hour research survey asking older adults about their housing, lifestyle, health, well-being, family, and friends. Students wrote about their experiences and completed a short survey upon completing their work. Most students (78%) reported changed beliefs about older people after the interviews, with students indicating more positive views or noting more diversity than they had previously realized. Students also reported developing more positive views of their own aging, being more likely to consider working with older people, and becoming more interested in elderly persons in general. Post-interview interest in older people was correlated with doing a greater number of interviews, coming to see older people as diverse, and being more likely to consider working with older people. Academic programs that feature opportunities to engage in research involving older adults will benefit students and our aging society. Training students to interview elderly persons is discussed.
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