A conceptual analysis of ageism

Nordic Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 4-22

  Iversen, Thomas Nicolaj ^a   Larsen, Lars ^a   Solem, Per Erik ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageism; Concept; Definitions; Discrimination; Prejudice; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349111279     PISSN: 19012276     EISSN: 19040016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1901-2276.61.3.4     Document Type: Article

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