Aim: the aim of this study was to examine teenagers' feelings about old age.
Subjects: 12 teenagers between 16-20
Method: Each subject had to answer the following 4 questions:
Q1. Do you imagine yourself old?
Q2. Do you see yourself happy when you are old?
Q3. If you could describe old age in 2 words, what would they be?
Q4. Would you like taking care of your grandparents?
Results:
| Subjects | Gender | Question1 | Question2 | Question3 | Question4 |
| 1 | Male | No | Yes | Soul peace | Yes |
| 2 | Male | No | No | Upset, unhappy | Yes |
| 3 | Male | No | Yes | Unhappy | Yes |
| 4 | Male | Yes | Yes | Nephews, traveling | Yes |
| 5 | Male | No | No | Sick, bed | Yes |
| 6 | Female | No | Yes | Poor them | Yes |
| 7 | Male | Yes | Yes | Great experience | Yes |
| 8 | Female | No | Yes | Lonely, grave | Yes |
| 9 | Female | Yes | Yes | Tranquility, happy | Yes |
| 10 | Female | No | Yes | Childish, comfortable | Yes |
| 11 | Female | No | Yes | Stupid, ugly | No |
| 12 | Male | No | Yes | Old, calm | No |
Findings:
a) Approximately all the subjects male or female answered NO to Q1.
b) There is a correlation between Q2 and Q3.
c) 80% of the subjects answered YES to Q4.
Explanations:
a) Teenagers would not like to think of what will happen in the future or how they will get old, ugly, wrinkled. More, for them, the whole point of being a teenager is to be young, healthy and not think about illnesses, solitude or death.
b) There are 2 subjects who answered yes to Q2 meaning yes they imagine themselves happy when they are old, but changed in Q3 as they said that they describe old age as ugly, unhappy, lonely, sick etc. These are emotions which some times lead to negative feelings, the 2 who answered NO to Q2 also reported a negative emotion to Q3.
c) The males in study answered YES to Q4 because the male usually have bigger social responsibilities and would not mind having to take care of the elders of the family. Females also answered YES to Q4 as the emotions play a big role in their social exchanges, all of them would like to take care of the grandparents. Connecting these findings with the age of the subjects, we might also say that most of them ansewerd "yes" to Q4 due to the will to please and fear of being judged, wanting to make a good impression.
