Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between industrialization and attitudes of students toward their aging parents and the aged in three different cultures. The self-administered questionnaires were given to students in summer, 1986. The sample consisted of 567 students from 7 universities in Tokyo, 511 students from 8 universities in Seoul and 512 students from 8 universities in Taipei. Though Japan, Korea and Taiwan made a rapid growth of economy and have the common tradition of confucianism, social norms and cultural values concerning to their aging parents and the aged are quite different.
