The World Health Organization ageism towards older persons scale: preliminary validation of a novel measure of ageist stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination in four different countries.
This study presents the preliminary validation of the WHO Ageism Towards Older Persons Scale (WHO-A-TOPS), a new measure designed to comprehensively assess ageism, whilst capturing its three dimensions (e.g. stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination based on age). The study evaluated the structura...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2026
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