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Thorson, James A.; Perkins, Mark L. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
A study of college students showed that persons scoring higher in aggression demonstrated more negative attitudes toward the aged. Females, older students, and graduate students were more positive. Students majoring in business subjects tended to be more negative, while social work students had the most positive attitudes toward older people.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aggression, Cohort Analysis, Gerontology
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Moor, Caroline; Zimprich, Daniel; Schmitt, Marina; Kliegel, Matthias – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2006
Since the global item of subjective health has emerged as a strong predictor of important health outcomes such as mortality, there have been many attempts to uncover its correlates. In this study, we tested whether personality as assessed via the five-factor model of personality predicted subjective health when physician-rated health and…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Health Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Personality Traits