Students’ attitudes toward older people: A cross-cultural comparison

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-424

  Lin, Xiaoping ^a   Bryant, Christina ^b  

^a University of Melbourne ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward older people; Cultural differences; FSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925849032     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15350770903285320     Document Type: Article

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