Journal article
Perceptions of the Human Life-Span: A Cross-National Approach
South African journal of psychology, Vol.13(3), pp.63-65
09/1983
DOI: 10.1177/008124638301300301
Abstract
Perceptions of aging were obtained from three age groups: adolescents, young adults, and adults. Male and female Americans and South Africans ranging in age from 15 to 40 years provided words to describe eight age decades of the human life-span. Responses were coded for positive, neutral, and negative perceptions of the eight age-stages. A repeated measures analysis of variance tested for differing patterns of responses between the age and national groups. Main effects for nation, age group, and age-stage were significant. An absence of significant interactions suggested that the developmental pattern of perceptions of age-stages across the human life-span was comparable in the two nation states. The three age groups expressed similar perceptions of aging, although adults viewed aging more positively than did adolescents and young adults.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Perceptions of the Human Life-Span: A Cross-National Approach
- Creators
- Gail A. Jaquish - Westwood Institute for Anxiety DisordersRichard E. Ripple - Cornell UniversityStephan Arndt - University of Notre Dame
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- South African journal of psychology, Vol.13(3), pp.63-65
- DOI
- 10.1177/008124638301300301
- ISSN
- 0081-2463
- eISSN
- 2078-8208
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1983
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Biostatistics; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9985132074702771
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