The Ambivalent Ageism Scale: Developing and Validating a Scale to Measure Benevolent and Hostile Ageism

Much like sexism, ageism is a multifaceted prejudice; it involves benevolent and hostile attitudes toward older adults. There are many scales designed to measure hostile ageism, yet none dedicated to measuring benevolent ageism. In the current studies, we developed and validated a 13-item measure: t...

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Published in:	The Gerontologist Vol. 57; no. 2; p. e27
Main Authors:	Cary, Lindsey A, Chasteen, Alison L, Remedios, Jessica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Ageism Attitude Female Hostility Humans Male Prejudice Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires - standards Young Adult Measurement Ageism Psychometrics Scale development Benevolent prejudice
ISSN:	1758-5341, 1758-5341
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