Attitudes toward aging: A comparative analysis of young adults from the United States and Germany

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-215

  McConatha, Jasmin Tahmaseb ^a   Schnell, Frauke ^a   Volkwein, Karin ^a   Riley, Lori ^a   Leach, Elizabeth ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MOURNING; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 2442463599     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/K8Q8-5549-0Y4K-UGG0     Document Type: Article

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