When You Care Enough: An Analysis of Attitudes Toward Aging In Humorous Birthday Cards
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 21 (2) , 209-215
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/21.2.209
Abstract
One hundred and ninety-five age related humorous birthday card messages were analyzed. Coders agreed that more of the cards portrayed aging negatively than positively. Substantive analyses revealed that most of the cards focused upon themes having to do with physical and mental characteristics, age concealment, age boundaries, and aging as a process sui generis.Keywords
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