Difference in Perception of Onset of Old Age in Traditional (Hadza) and Modern (Polish) Societies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Ethics
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Measures
“Please, list three people that you consider old.”
“Do you consider yourself old?”
2.5. Hypotheses and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Frąckowiak, T.; Groyecka-Bernard, A.; Oleszkiewicz, A.; Butovskaya, M.; Żelaźniewicz, A.; Sorokowski, P. Difference in Perception of Onset of Old Age in Traditional (Hadza) and Modern (Polish) Societies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7079. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197079
Frąckowiak T, Groyecka-Bernard A, Oleszkiewicz A, Butovskaya M, Żelaźniewicz A, Sorokowski P. Difference in Perception of Onset of Old Age in Traditional (Hadza) and Modern (Polish) Societies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(19):7079. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197079
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrąckowiak, Tomasz, Agata Groyecka-Bernard, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Marina Butovskaya, Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz, and Piotr Sorokowski. 2020. "Difference in Perception of Onset of Old Age in Traditional (Hadza) and Modern (Polish) Societies" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19: 7079. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197079