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Social Skills of Older People: Conversations in Same- and Mixed-Age Dyads.

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Vandeputte, Dixie D.; Kemper, Susan; Hummert, Mary Lee; Kemtes, Karen A.; Shaner, Jaye; Segrin, Chris – Discourse Processes, 1999

Finds that self-reported loneliness was not related to depression or social anxiety for either young or older adults, and was not related to young or older adults' social skill as measured by partner attention. Indicates that social anxiety, however, was related to social skill during intergenerational conversations. (SR)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication

Comprehension and Use of Anaphoric Devices in Young and Older Adults.

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Light, Leah L.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1994

Suggests that the increase in older adults (as compared to young adults) of uses of ambiguous reference is not caused by age- or cohort-related differences in knowledge structures needed to determine coreference based on plausibility; availability or weighing of strategies for using anaphoric devices; or assumptions about the degree of specificity…

Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis