Development and Initial Validation of the Adolescents' Ageism Toward Older Adults Scale.

DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The Adolescents' Ageism Toward Older Adults Scale is a promising measure of adolescents' negative and positive attitudes toward older adults. Its validation highlighted some criticalities that can be resolved by a few modifications. Further testing of the scale should be conducted after these modifications.
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Source: The Gerontologist - February 16, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marchetti A, Lommi M, Barbaranelli C, Piredda M, De Marinis MG, Matarese M Tags: Gerontologist Source Type: research