Combating Ageism with Narrative and Intergroup Contact: Possibilities of Intergenerational Connections

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Grefe, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Intergenerational care; Intergroup contact; Prejudice; Spiritual autobiography; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651321222     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-010-0280-0     Document Type: Article

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