Wolof adolescents' attitudes toward old people

Studies of attitudes toward old people have focused on American samples. In the present investigation, an existing sentence completion instrument (2) was adapted to responses of Wolof adolescents in order to elicit Ss' spontaneous responses. Secondary school students (672) ranging in age from 17 to 20, served as Ss. Scoring categories were partially derived from Golde and Kogan's procedure (2), and two independent judges coded the material with a high level of agreement. The results confirmed the hypothesis of differences in beliefs and attitudes of Wolof and American samples and the relatively unfavorable attitudes of Wolof adolescents about old people as was shown in a previous study (6).