Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ370042
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Fears Expressed by Elderly Men and Women: A Lifespan Approach.
Croake, James W.; And Others
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v26 n2 p139-46 1988
Studied fears of older adults. Results indicated that older women expressed greater fearfulness than did older men. Elderly ranked aging and sickness as their foremost fears. Results suggest some fears may change or intensify over the lifespan and that, within each period, females report greater fearfulness than do males. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Diseases, Fear, Older Adults, Physical Health, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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