Contexts of aging: Assessing evaluative age stereotypes in different life domains

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-556

  Kornadt, Anna E ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; Attitudes; Context specificity; Life domains; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 80054027171     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr036     Document Type: Article

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