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The Stereotype-Matching Effect: Greater Influence on Functioning When Age Stereotypes Correspond to Outcomes

Older individuals assimilate, and are targeted by, contradictory positive and negative age stereotypes. It was unknown whether the influence of stereotype valence is stronger when the stereotype content corresponds to the outcome domain. We randomly assigned older individuals to either positive-cogn...

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Main Authors: Levy, Becca R., Leifheit-Limson, Erica
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722449/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19290757
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014563
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