Relations between views on ageing and perceived age discrimination: a domain-specific perspective

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-15

  Voss, Peggy ^a   Wolff, Julia K ^b   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; Internalization; Perceived age discrimination; Views on ageing

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING; DRAWING; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSICAL MODEL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 85013640687     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-016-0381-4     Document Type: Article

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