Comparison of Swedish and American preschool children's attitudes toward elderly persons

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 899-903

  Williams, Sue W ^a   Blunk, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033145723     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3.899     Document Type: Article

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