Table 1.

Knowledge, attitudes and empathy at baseline among groups submitted to Experiencing Aging (ES) and Myths of Aging (MA) workshops

	Group	N	Mean	Standard Deviation	r	Standard Error	p
UCLA Total Pre (Attitudes)	EA	80	51.84	4.72	0.10	0.52	0.240
	MA	73	50.88	5.34		0.62
Knowledge Total Pre	EA	82	4.70	1.49	0.23	0.16	0.004
	MA	76	4.00	1.46		0.16
Palmore Positivism – positive opinions about aging	EA	78	58.07	6.16	0.07	0.69	0.383
	MA	71	57.18	6.30		0.74
Palmore Total (correct responses) – Facts about aging	EA	82	11.61	2.74	0.09	0.30	0.248
	MA	76	11.13	2.41		0.27
Maxwell-Sullivan – Total Attitude	EA	54	15.50	2.95	0.10	0.40	0.256
	MA	76	16.18	3.62		0.41
Maxwell-Sullivan – Total Empathy	EA	54	5.31	1.62	0.02	0.22	0.804
	MA	76	5.41	2.37		0.27

EA: Experiencing aging

MA: Myths of aging