Origins of stereotypes of the elderly: An experimental study of the self-other discrepancy

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 189-195

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Fritz, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EXAMINATION; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0023487481     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610738708259324     Document Type: Article

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