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Barrett, Anne E.; von Rohr, Carmen – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Few studies examine how the gendered nature of aging impacts young adults--shaping their images of later life, attitudes toward elderly persons, aging anxieties, and conceptions of the start of "old age." We examine gender differences in young adults' views of elders and the aging process using a survey of college students and content analysis of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Females
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Gross, Thomas F. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2007
The author studied children's (aged 5-16 years) and young adults' (aged 18-22 years) perception and use of facial features to discriminate the age of mature adult faces. In Experiment 1, participants rated the age of unaltered and transformed (eyes, nose, eyes and nose, and whole face blurred) adult faces (aged 20-80 years). In Experiment 2,…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Young Children, Young Adults, Older Adults