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Ageism : stereotyping and prejudice against older persons / edited by Todd D. Nelson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Second EditionDescription: viii, 365 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262533405
  • 9780262533409
Other title:
  • Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.260973 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061 .A42442 2017
Contents:
Part I. Origins of ageism : -- Ageism in childhood / Yoav S. Bergmag -- Implicit ageism / Maria Clara P. de Paula Couto and Dirk Wentura -- Succession, consumption, and identity : prescriptive ageism domains / Michael S. North and Susan T. Fiske -- How our mortal fate contributes to ageism : a terror management perspective / Jeff Greenberg, Peter Helm, Molly Maxfield, and Jeff Schimel -- Part II. Effects of ageism : -- Ageism and elder mistreatment : talking the talk but not walking the walk / Lynn McDonald -- Ageism and the helping professions / Sarah H. Kagan -- The nature and effects of patronizing speech on older adults / Daphne Blunt Bugental and Jessica A. Hehman -- Age discrimination and older workers / Barbara Griffin, Piers Bayl-Smith, and Jennifer Barbour -- Part III. Applications : -- What's holding us back? : ageism in higher education / Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Joann M. Montepare -- Cross cultural differences in ageism / Ehud Bodner -- Combating ageism / Laura Shannonhouse, Amanda Rumsey, and Mary Chase Mize.
Summary: "Ageism is found cross-culturally, but it is especially prevalent in the United States, where most people regard growing older with depression, fear, and anxiety. Older people in the United States are stigmatized and marginalized, with often devastating consequences. This volume collects the latest theory and research on prejudice against older people, offering perspectives from psychology, nursing, medicine, social work, and other field."--Publisher's website.
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Revised edition of Ageism, ©2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Origins of ageism : -- Ageism in childhood / Yoav S. Bergmag -- Implicit ageism / Maria Clara P. de Paula Couto and Dirk Wentura -- Succession, consumption, and identity : prescriptive ageism domains / Michael S. North and Susan T. Fiske -- How our mortal fate contributes to ageism : a terror management perspective / Jeff Greenberg, Peter Helm, Molly Maxfield, and Jeff Schimel -- Part II. Effects of ageism : -- Ageism and elder mistreatment : talking the talk but not walking the walk / Lynn McDonald -- Ageism and the helping professions / Sarah H. Kagan -- The nature and effects of patronizing speech on older adults / Daphne Blunt Bugental and Jessica A. Hehman -- Age discrimination and older workers / Barbara Griffin, Piers Bayl-Smith, and Jennifer Barbour -- Part III. Applications : -- What's holding us back? : ageism in higher education / Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Joann M. Montepare -- Cross cultural differences in ageism / Ehud Bodner -- Combating ageism / Laura Shannonhouse, Amanda Rumsey, and Mary Chase Mize.

"Ageism is found cross-culturally, but it is especially prevalent in the United States, where most people regard growing older with depression, fear, and anxiety. Older people in the United States are stigmatized and marginalized, with often devastating consequences. This volume collects the latest theory and research on prejudice against older people, offering perspectives from psychology, nursing, medicine, social work, and other field."--Publisher's website.

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