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SUBMITTER: Vale MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710520 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vale Michael T MT Stanley Jennifer Tehan JT Houston Michelle L ML Villalba Anthony A AA Turner Jennifer R JR
Frontiers in psychology 20201119
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a suspected surge of ageism in America and has imposed critical health and safety behavior modifications for people of all ages (Ayalon et al., 2020; Lichtenstein, 2020). Given that older adults are a high-risk group, maintaining their safety has been paramount in implementing preventive measures (i.e., more handwashing, social distancing); however, making such behavior modifications might be contingent on how one views older adults (i.e., ageist stereotypes). Th ...[more]