Pratiques Dénigrantes Et Infantilisantes À L’égard Des Personnes Âgées En Famille Et L’engagement Thérapeutique Chez Les Diabétiques Âgés

Abstract

This article aims to test whether perceived value expectations, denigrating and infantilizing practices, and therapeutic commitment interact when older adults need to undergo physician-prescribed treatment. And if, in this case, this interaction is in turn moderated by the age and level of study of the patients. This study was carried out in 150 elderly diabetic people living with their families and found in two hospital centres. The analyses indicate a significant interaction between denigranting and infantilizing practices and perceived value expectations. As expected, the results indicate that the importance of the direct effect of denigranting and infantilizing practices on the therapeutic commitment of elderly diabetics is low in the presence of high perceived value expectations. Similary, age too high influences perceived value expectations in the interaction between denigrating and infantilizing practices and future directions of research are discussed at the end of this article.