A participatory action research project, which was based on the theory and methodology of life skills education programmes adapted for old age (Zambianchi, 2015) and was focused on critical thinking, was conducted at the University for Adults, Primo Levi, in Bologna. 26 subjects (11 males and 15 females, mean age 65.28) participated, filling in, at the beginning and at the end of the programme, a questionnaire on social representations of health, two items on beliefs about the Mediterranean diet and physical activity as health-promoting factors, and a test based on free associations of stimulus words such as elderly and wisdom. After the training course, a repeated-measure Anova highlighted significant changes to beliefs about healthy behaviour; positive correlations between social representations of health and beliefs about healthy behaviours also emerged.
Un progetto di ricerca-azione partecipata che ha avuto come riferimento teorico-metodologico i programmi Life Skills Education adattati all’età anziana (Zambianchi, 2015) centrato sul pensiero critico si è svolto presso l’Università per Adulti Primo Levi (Bologna). Hanno partecipato 26 iscritti (11 maschi e 15 femmine, età media 65.28 anni) che hanno compilato in ingresso e in uscita il questionario sulle rappresentazioni sociali della salute, due item sulle credenze della dieta mediterranea e dell’attività fisica per la salute e un test basato sulle libere associazioni ad parole-stimolo come anziano e saggezza. Dopo il percorso formativo, un’ANOVA a misure ripetute ha mostrato modificazioni positive delle credenze sui comportamenti salutari; sono emerse anche correlazioni positive tra rappresentazioni sulla salute e credenze sui comportamenti salutari.
Life skills education in età anziana. Un progetto di ricerca-azione partecipata per il potenziamento del pensiero critico
Zambianchi, Manuela
2016
Abstract
A participatory action research project, which was based on the theory and methodology of life skills education programmes adapted for old age (Zambianchi, 2015) and was focused on critical thinking, was conducted at the University for Adults, Primo Levi, in Bologna. 26 subjects (11 males and 15 females, mean age 65.28) participated, filling in, at the beginning and at the end of the programme, a questionnaire on social representations of health, two items on beliefs about the Mediterranean diet and physical activity as health-promoting factors, and a test based on free associations of stimulus words such as elderly and wisdom. After the training course, a repeated-measure Anova highlighted significant changes to beliefs about healthy behaviour; positive correlations between social representations of health and beliefs about healthy behaviours also emerged.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
