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Unasked-for support and unsolicited advice
— age and the quality of social experience | | Author(s) | Jacqui Smith, Jacqueline J Goodnow |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 1, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 108-121 |
| Keywords | Advisory services [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Quality ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This German study examined whether older adults (median age 79) differed from younger age groups (median ages 25 and 45) in their experience of 35 situations of unsolicited support selected from 7 content areas (e.g. health, cognition, finances, life management). Examined were reported occurrence, affective quality, interpretation, and strategies used when support was unwelcome. At all ages, unasked-for support was regarded as more unpleasant than pleasant, primarily because it implied incompetence. Unexpectedly, compared with the younger adults, older adults reported less occurrence overall (with some variations by content area), but the same level of unpleasant affect. Cognitive and social-relational factors that are age-related (e.g. use of active discounting strategies) played a role in reported occurrence and affective appraisal, and may determine whether unsolicited support has positive or negative outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825207 A |
| Classmark | IT: D: F: 59: BB: SB: 767 |
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