Stereotyped views of older adults in children from the people’s republic of china and from the united states

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 6-24

  Davidson, Denise ^a   Luo, Zupei ^a   Fulton, Bradley R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; Cross cultural views of older adults; Stereotype formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896568484     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J194v05n04_02     Document Type: Article

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