Table 3.

Associations Between Characteristics, Knowledge, and Attitudes About Dementia and Unfriendly Behaviors Towards Persons Living with Dementia

Variable	Total UBS score
	Mean (SD)	F/t	p	r	p
Characteristics
Age, years		20.89	< 0.001	0.34	<0.001
(1) 20–40	12.54 (2.84)
(2) 41–64	13.01 (2.98)
(3) ≥ 65	15.10 (3.19)
Post hoc test	(1) < (3)
Gender		−0.43	0.670
Male	13.48 (3.01)
Female	13.64 (3.30)
Education		4.70	<0.001
≤ Senior high school	14.61 (3.29)
≥ College	12.93 (2.96)
Chronic diseases		1.83	0.068	0.11	0.047
No	13.90 (3.34)
Yes	13.24 (3.03)
Perceived health status		0.22	0.805	0.04	0.523
Poor or very poor	13.38 (3.58)
Normal	13.68 (3.11)
Good or very good	13.48 (3.25)
Employment status		3.84	< 0.001
Unemployed	14.18 (3.35)
Employed	12.83 (2.83)
Living with an adult ≥ 65 years old		2.26	0.024
No	13.91 (3.06)
Yes	13.09 (3.33)
Experience with dementia caregiving		0.82	0.417
No	13.70 (3.31)
Yes	13.40 (3.04)
Dementia knowledge				−0.25	<0.001
Attitudes towards dementia				−0.54	<0.001

Notes: Total UBS score = total score on the Unfriendly Behavior Survey; Dementia knowledge = score on the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale; Attitudes towards dementia = score on the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire.