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Direct linkO'Connor, Melissa L.; McFadden, Susan H. – Educational Gerontology, 2012
According to Terror Management Theory as applied to ageism, older adults may be associated with mortality, thereby generating death-thought accessibility, stereotypes, and mixed emotions among younger adults. However, it is unclear how older adults' health conditions, such as dementia, affect ageist attitudes and mortality salience. In the current…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Empathy, Young Adults, Health Conditions
