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| Chinese older, middle-aged and young participants' stereotypes of young adults | | Author(s) | Yan Bing Zhang, Kai Wang |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 8, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 95-118 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Young adults [20-25] ; Comparison ; China. |
| Annotation | The stereotype traits of Chinese young adults generated by 180 older (age 56-83), middle-aged (age 40-55) and young (age 21-39) Chinese participants are examined. Trait lists were compared across age groups and to Western traits reported in earlier research. Results indicate a considerable overlap between stereotype traits generated by the Chinese participants and those from earlier studies with Western participants (e.g. energetic, ambitious and reckless). Unique Chinese traits (e.g. filial, hedonistic and individualistic) associated with young adults were also identified. Whereas the middle-aged and older participants listed an equal number of positive negative traits, the young participants generated significantly more negative traits than positive ones. Discussion focuses on the impact of modernisation and cultural change on perceptions of young adults in Chinese society. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080407208 A |
| Classmark | TOB: F: BB: SE: SD6: 48: 7DC |
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