Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination
2017; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/s10433-016-0409-9
ISSN1613-9380
AutoresLiat Ayalon, Clemens Tesch‐Römer,
Tópico(s)Health disparities and outcomes
ResumoAgeism at the individual levelInternalized age stereotypes contribute considerably to ageism both towards oneself and towards others (i.e., selfvs.other-oriented ageism).Young people internalize the predominantly negative societal views of older people, which shape their self-perceptions of ageing as they grow older (Kotter-Gru ¨hn and Hess 2012;Levy, 2003;Rothermund and Brandtsta ¨dter 2003).Indeed, research has shown that children as young as fourth grade already hold
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