Self-perception and perception of age groups as a function of the perceiver's category membership

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-216

  Celejewski, Irek ^b   Dion, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto at Scarborough ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031703551     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/GL4R-FJ7G-XGEK-MRR6     Document Type: Article

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