Correlates of dementia attitudes in a sample of middle-aged Australian adults

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-163

  Phillipson, Lyn ^a   Magee, Christopher A ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Skladzien, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Alzheimer's Australia National Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dementia; Demographic factors; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84927695118     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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