Undergraduate students' knowledge about aging and attitudes toward older adults in East and West: A socio-economic and cultural exploration

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-76

  Huang, Chin Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAR EAST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FAR EAST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84879490235     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.77.1.d     Document Type: Article

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