Knowledge UNDERGRADUATE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELDERLY PEOPLE: THE ROLE OF AGING KNOWLEDGE, CONTACT AND ANXIETY. By Linda J. Allan and James A. Johnson The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between attitudes about aging and aging anxiety. The goal of the study was to determine the role that aging anxiety plays as a mediator between experiences. The focused experiences were in the form of factual knowledge and contact with elders. Participants were 113 undergraduate students from a Canadian university. The ages ranged from 17 to 49 years. However, more than half of the participants were under 20 years old. Participants were 81 women and 29 men. The majority of participants reported being of White ethnicity (77.9%). Other ethnicities reported were Asian (9.7%), Native (3.5%), and other (8.8%). Participants consented and completed a questionnaire package that included the following:1. A demographic questionnaire consisting of age and gender.2. A questionnaire on their contact with older people.3. The Fraboni Scale on Ageism (FSA) developed by Fraboni, Saltstone and Huges (1990). The scale is used to assess levels of age-related attitudes with lower scores indicating more age-related attitudes.4. The Anxiety about Aging Scale (AAS) Lasher & Faulkender (1993). The scale served to measure levels of anxiety about aging, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety about aging.5. The Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz 1 (FAQ1) developed by Harris et al., 1996). The quiz served to assess the participant's knowledge about aging. The multiple-choice version was used to decrease measurement error. The average score on the Palamore FAQ was 47.68%. According to Allen and Johnson this was an indicator of poor knowledge of aging. The research provides yes……half of the article…….Rupp, DE, Vodanovich, S.J., & Credé, M. (2005). The multidimensional nature of ageism: Construct validity and group differences. The Journal of Social Psychology, 145(3), 335–362. http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/SOCP.145.3.335-362.Schwartz, L. K., & Simmons, J. P. (2001). Quality of contact and attitudes towards the elderly. Educational Gerontology, 27, 127–137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03601270151075525.Van Dussen, D. J., & Weaver, R. R. (2009). University students' perceptions and behaviors related to older adults and aging processes. Educational Gerontology, 35, 340–355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03601270802612255.Sullivan KE (2008). Ageism and the contact hypothesis: The effects of work and nonwork contact on age stereotypes (Master's thesis). The University of Texas at Arlington, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 20081460808.