Ageism among Israeli students: Structure and demographic influences

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1046-1058

  Bodner, Ehud ^a   Lazar, Aryeh ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ageism; Attitudes; Culture; Discrimination; Elderly; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PREJUDICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 50149083334     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007151     Document Type: Article

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