ISBN:
9780803951167
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
SAGE Focus Editions
Parallel Title:
Print version Interpersonal Communication in Older Adulthood : Interdisciplinary Theory and Research
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Older people ; Communication ; United States
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Interpersonal communication
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Aging ; Psychological aspects
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Old age ; Social aspects ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 communic
Description / Table of 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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;
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