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Age-Based Perceptions of Language Performance Among Younger and Older Adults

Abstract

The present study tested differences between younger and older adults in self-perceptions and social perceptions of language performance. Sixty younger adults (M = 26.4 years) and 60 older adults (M = 72.9 years) completed the Language in Adulthood Questionnaire for themselves and then in terms of typical adults aged either 25 years or 75 years. As predicted, the younger respondents reported fewer problems with receptive and expressive aspects …

Authors

RYAN EB; SEE SK; MENEER WB; TROVATO D

Journal

Communication Research, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 423–443

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

August 1992

DOI

10.1177/009365092019004002

ISSN

0093-6502