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Origins of Ageism at the Individual Level

  • Lev S
  • Wurm S
  • Ayalon L
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_4
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This chapter presents a model that explains the origins of ageism at the individual level among different age groups. The model is based on three theories. Terror management theory provides an explanation for the roots and motives of ageism towards old age groups...

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Lev, S., Wurm, S., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Origins of Ageism at the Individual Level (pp. 51–72). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_4

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