Elderly people's attitudes and perceptions of aging and old age: The role of cognitive dissonance?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 656-662

  Ron, Pnina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age and aging; Attitudes and perceptions; Cognitive dissonance; Elderly people; Typologies on a continuous

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547549431     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1726     Document Type: Article

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