Intergenerational Communication Across the Life Span

by Williams,Angie

• ISBN13: 9780805822489
• ISBN10: 0805822488
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives. This distinctive volume acknowledges the importance of these interactions and provides a life-span developmental view of communication and aging, attempting to capture the many similarities and changes that occur in people's lives as they age. The authors move the study of intergenerational contact closer to the actual participants, examining what happens within intergenerational interactions and how people evaluate their intergenerational experiences. The volume concentrates on the micro-context of the intergenerational interaction and the cognitions, language, and relationship behaviors related to intergenerational communication across the life span. The volume employs the perspective that the understanding of human behavior across the life span is enhanced by studying communicative behavior in intergenerational interaction. The authors integrate research from multiple disciplines concerned with intergenerational communication, which is framed by several unique theoretical perspectives drawn from the communication discipline. As a resource for the study of intergenerational communication across the life span, this monograph offers important insights to scholars, students, and all who are involved in intergenerational communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
Part I: Social, Psychological, and Developmental Foundations	1	(148)
Theoretical Foundations for the Study of Intergenerational Communication	3	(23)
Intergenerational Contexts and Contact	26	(20)
Social Cognitive Contributions: Intergenerational Attitudes and Stereotypes	46	(19)
Language, Cognition, and Age	65	(20)
Intergenerational Language Strategies: Underaccommodation	85	(23)
Intergenerational Language Strategies: Overaccommodation	108	(19)
Generational Identity and Age Identity	127	(22)
Part II: Intergenerational Relationship Communication	149	(74)
Adult Child-Elderly Parent Relationship	151	(17)
The Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship	168	(16)
Sandwiched Communication	184	(16)
Intergenerational Relationships Beyond the Family	200	(23)
Part III: Macrosocietal Perspectives	223	(61)
Intergenerational Conflict	225	(19)
Societal, Political, Public Policy Issues, and Intergenerational Communication	244	(18)
Cultural Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication	262	(22)
Epilogue	284	(15)
References	299	(28)
Author Index	327	(10)
Subject Index	337