The article by CSUN Professor Luciana Lagana, Larisa Gavrilova, Delwin Carter, and CSUN Professor Andrew Ainsworth, entitled "A Randomized Controlled Study on the Effects of a Documentary on Students' Empathy and Attitudes towards Older Adults," published online by the peer-reviewed journal Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, is available to the public at http://openventio.org/Volume3-Issue3/A-Randomized-Controlled-Study-on-the-Effects-of-a-Documentary-on-Students-Empathy-and-Attitudes-towards-Older-Adults-PCSOJ-3-127.pdf. In this publication, the authors attempted to improve empathy and reduce ageism among undergraduate students using an original, award-winning social impact film that was created thanks to the effort of the first and second authors of this article. Perhaps due to the relatively small sample size, they only achieved significant results on empathy.
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