Perceptions of intergenerational communication across cultures: an Italian case.
406 Anglo-American, Italian-American, and Italian (Northern and Southern Italy) students were asked to evaluate past conversations with same-age peers, i.e., 17 to 30 years, and older adults, i.e., 65 years and older. While according older adults more deference, all cultural groups perceived older adults as more rigid and nonaccommodating than younger adults. Exchanges with older adults were reported as having more negative affect than were those with other young adults, and were also more likely to he avoided.
Giles
Howard
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Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106-4020, USA. HowieGiles@aol.com
Ballard
Dawna
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McCann
Robert M
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007558:Italy / Q000208:ethnology; D010379:Peer Group; D014481:United States