Resiliency Over Time of Elders’ Age Stereotypes After Encountering Stressful Events

Becca R. Levy, Martin D. Slade, Pil H. Chung and Thomas M. Gill

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2015, vol. 70, issue 6, 886-890

Abstract: Objective. To examine whether the age stereotypes of older individuals would become more negative or else show resiliency following stressful events and to examine whether age-stereotype negativity would increase the likelihood of experiencing a stressful event (i.e., hospitalization).

Date: 2015
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