Anxiety, outcome expectancies, and young people's willingness to engage in contact ith the elderly

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1008-1021

  Hutchison, Paul ^a   Fox, Edward ^a   Laas, Anna Maria ^a   Matharu, Jasmin ^a   Urzi, Serena ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956483879     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601271003723586     Document Type: Article

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