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Perceptions of Intergenerational Communication by Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Canadians

Abstract

Young, middle-aged, and older Canadians (N = 240) evaluated their past communicative experiences with older and younger adults who were not family as well as undertaking an age-stereotyping task. The latter showed that ratings of attributed benevolence increased with target age but personal vitality declined; young raters attributed older people with the least personal vitality. Communication with older targets was rated more negatively in …

Authors

Giles H; Ryan EB; Anas AP

Journal

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 21–30

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

January 1, 2008

DOI

10.1037/0008-400x.40.1.21

ISSN

0008-400X