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Interpersonal communication in older adulthood : interdisciplinary theory and research / Mary Lee Hummert, John M. Wiemann, Jon F. Nussbaum, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sage focus editions ; v. 173.
- Sage focus editions ; 173
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Communication--United States.
- Older people.
- Interpersonal communication.
- Aging--Psychological aspects.
- Aging.
- Old age--Social aspects--United States.
- Old age.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By highlighting the commonalities across a range of disciplines, this volume provides a unique and broad-based perspective on communication and ageing. This integrative approach brings together the best of current research and theory from communication, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics and medical sociology. Centring on three topics - cognition, language and relationships - the book explores the individual areas as well as the ways in which they intersect. It brings to light the implications of individual differences among members of the elderly population as they affect co
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - Interpersonal Communication and Older Adulthood: An Introduction; Chapter 2 - Age-Based Perceptions of Conversational Skills Among Younger and Older Adults; Chapter 3 - Age-Related Problems in the Use of Proper Names in Communication; Chapter 4 - The Effects of Alzheimer's Dementia on Language and Communication; Chapter 5 - Presbycusis, Communication, and Older Adults; Chapter 6 - Verbosity in Older Adults; Chapter 7 - Talking Age and Aging Talk: Communicating Through the Life Span; Chapter 8 - Stereotypes of the Elderly and Patronizing Speech
- Chapter 9 - Frailty, Language, and Elderly Identity: Interpretive and Critical Perspectives on the Aging SubjectChapter 10 - Friendship in Older Adulthood; Chapter 11 - The Patient's Presentation of Self in an Initial Medical Encounter; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781452254920
- 1452254923
- OCLC:
- 809774383
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