Sensitizing Young Adults to Their Biases about Middle-Aged and Older Persons: A Pedagogical Approach

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Hayslip, Bert ^a   Caballero, Daniela ^a   Ward Pinson, Melissa ^a   Riddle, Russell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84867669228     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2012.660865     Document Type: Article

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