A multidimensional scale for the measurement of agreement with age stereotypes and the salience of age in social interaction

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-411

  Kruse, Andreas ^a   Schmitt, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age salience; Age stereotypes; Identity; Inter group interaction theories; Social categorisation

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33745240956     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06004703     Document Type: Article

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