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| Expectations for communication with positive and negative subtypes of older adults | | Author(s) | Jake Harwood, Angie Williams |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 47, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 11-33 |
| Keywords | Communication ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Young people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A recently-developed scale for eliciting perceptions, expectations, and evaluations of intergenerational communication was used in this US study. As predicted, the study found that younger adults expected to experience more anxiety, receive more complaining, and receive lower levels of attunement from an older adult who is portrayed as "despondent" than one who is portrayed as a "perfect grandparent". In addition, younger adults with more negative attitudes toward older people expected to experience more negative affect, anxiety, and communication apprehension, to feel more compassion for the older adult, and to receive lower levels of attunement and more complaining from the older adult than those with more positive attitudes. Surprisingly, younger adults with higher levels of young age identification expected to experience lower levels of apprehension, more attunement from the older adult, and to feel more compassion for the older adult than those with lower levels of age identity. The findings are discussed in terms of theoretical models of intergenerational communication. In addition, younger people's feelings of having "helped" an older person are discussed in the context of intergroup theory. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981012407 A |
| Classmark | U: TOB: SB: 7T |
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