The moderating role of age-group identification and perceived threat on stereotype threat among older adults

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-220

  Kang, Sonia ^a   Chasteen, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 75549084201     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.69.3.c     Document Type: Article

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