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- Title
Effects of "Environmental Chatter" about Age and Aging on Middle-Aged and Older Adults' Communication and Perceptions of Aging Efficacy.
- Authors
Gasiorek, Jessica; Fowler, Craig
- Abstract
Grounded in the communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA), this study examined how social messages individuals encounter about age predicted efficacy regarding aging. Data from N = 283 middle-aged and older American adults were analyzed via path analyses. Explicit messages about aging, the presence of positive and negative role models for aging, and the degree to which intergenerational interaction was experienced as accommodative and nonaccommodative predicted how participants themselves communicated about aging. Having positive role models and quality of intergenerational interaction also predicted self-reports of efficacy related to aging.
- Subjects
OLDER people; MIDDLE-aged persons; SUCCESSFUL aging; PATH analysis (Statistics); AGE
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2020, Vol 84, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/10570314.2019.1637930