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Evaluation of infantilizing speech in a rehabilitation setting
— relation to age | | Author(s) | Rachel Anne Whitmer, Susan Krauss Whitbourne |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 44, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 129-136 |
| Keywords | Communication ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Institutional accommodation ; Cognitive impairment ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study assesses whether reactions to infantilising speech and content are a function of age when levels of dependence within an institutional environment are controlled. 10 under 65s were compared with 10 over 65s, all of whom were given two sets of materials designed to produce comparative ratings of adult and infantilised speech content and intonation. Whilst the over 65s did not detect any differences in content, the under 65s reacted more negatively to infantilising content. The difference between older and younger adults with the same level of functional impairment supports the empirical literature that infantilisation is due in part to stereotyped expectations regarding older people as being more dependent, and hence in need of childlike treatment. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731253 A |
| Classmark | U: TOB: KV: E4: 4C: 7T |
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