Ageism among College Students: A Comparative Study between U.S. and China

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-63

  Luo, Baozhen ^a   Zhou, Kui ^b   Jin, Eun Jung ^a   Newman, Alisha ^a   Liang, Jiayin ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age segregation; Ageism; Consumerism; Culture; Gerontological curriculum; Intergenerational interactions; One child generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874445283     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9186-5     Document Type: Article

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