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editorial . 2020 Apr 16:gbaa051. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa051
Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity
Liat Ayalon
1, Alison Chasteen
2, Manfred Diehl
3, Becca Levy
4, Shevaun D Neupert
5, Klaus Rothermund
6, Clemens Tesch-Römer
7, Hans-Werner Wahl
8,✉
Alison Chasteen, PhD
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Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Manfred Diehl, PhD
3
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, U.S
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Becca Levy, PhD
4
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Yale School of Public Health, U.S
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Shevaun D Neupert, PhD
5
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, U.S
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Klaus Rothermund, PhD
6
Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
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Clemens Tesch-Römer, PhD
7
German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany
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Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD
8
Network of Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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1
School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel
2
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada
3
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, U.S
4
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Yale School of Public Health, U.S
5
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, U.S
6
Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
7
German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany
8
Network of Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD, Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Strasse 20, 69115 Heidelberg, Gemany, wahl@nar.uni-heidelberg.de
Received 2020 Apr 10.
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