Young Adults' Intergenerational Communication Schemas in Taiwan and the USA.  

Oleh:

Hummert, Mary Lee ; Harwood, Jake

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 1 (2008), page 28-50.
Topik: intergenerational communication; older adults; schema; stereotypes; aging
Fulltext: 28.pdf (130.16KB)

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The present research systematically examines cognitive representations of stereotypes of old age and young adults’ and older adults’ perceptions of their own communication accommodative behaviors, emotions, and communication satisfaction when a particular Intergenerational Communication Schema is activated. Taiwanese respondents show both congruent and incongruent patterns of responding: Some schemas yield consistently positive or negative responses across dependent variables, whereas others yield mixed and apparently inconsistent patterns. Respondents from the USA show that a helping orientation, when it is associated with different schemas (positive, very sympathetic, or negative) may result in different overall evaluations of the intergenerational conversation experience. Results are discussed in relation to the Communication Predicament of Aging Model and Chinese cultural values of intergenerational communication. Limitations are acknowledged and future studies are suggested.

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