Students' expectations of ageing: An evaluation of the impact of imagined intergenerational contact and the mediating role of ageing anxiety

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-104

  Prior, Katrina ^a   Sargent Cox, Kerry A ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing anxiety; Expectations regarding ageing; Healthy ageing; Imagined contact; Intergroup contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903589559     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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