This study investigated the relationship between positive and negative reading attitudes and hopelessness in the elderly. Seventy nine aged individuals, on average 69 years and 8 months old paticipated in the study. They originated from a center for third age people, a medicine distribution facility and from an asylum for the elderly. The material used in the study was a data collecting questionnaire for elderly characterization, the Beck's Despair Scale and a reading attitude scale. The results indicated a significant association between scores in the reading scale and despair level.
Elderly; Aging psychology; Reading; Hopelessness
