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Benjamin, Barbaranne J. – 1982
A study investigated differences between older adult male and female voice patterns. In addition, the study examined whether certain differences between male and female speech characteristics were lifelong and not associated with the aging process. Subjects were 10 young (average age 30) and 10 old (average age 75) males and 10 young (average age…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Communication Research, Females
Street, Richard L., Jr.; And Others – 1981
The purposes of this study were to examine (1) the extent to which three-year-old children converged noncontent speech to that of adults and (2) whether a talkativeness-reticence factor influenced the degree of convergence. Four three-year-old girls individually interacted with six to eight unfamiliar adults in free-play settings. From…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Imitation, Interaction
Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Hecker, Hartmut – 1980
A study of formal communication in 30 families each with a schizophrenic son and 28 families, each with a "normal" son was conducted in Germany. By means of factor analysis four types of formal speech behavior were identified using musical terminology: "staccato," a highly fragmented flow of conversation with high turnover rate; "solo" in which…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Family Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit)
