TY - JOUR
T1 - Taiwanese young adults' intergenerational communication schemas.
AU - Lin, Mei Chen
AU - Zhang, Yan Bing
AU - Harwood, Jake
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - This study examined intergenerational communication schemas by investigating young adults' cognitive representations of communication with older adults in Taiwan. Forty-one Taiwanese college students described conversations with an older adult in response to a variety of interviewer prompts. Transcripts were read and content analyzed by the first two authors. To capture the characteristics of the conversation descriptions, eleven coding dimensions were generated based on schema theory, and all conversation descriptions were coded along these dimensions. Coding results were submitted to hierarchical cluster analysis, yielding five schemas: Mutually satisfying, helping, mixed feelings, small talk, and mutually unpleasant conversations. Results are discussed in terms of similarities and differences from Harwood, McKee and Lin's (2000) study, schema theory, intergenerational communication, and Chinese cultural norms.
AB - This study examined intergenerational communication schemas by investigating young adults' cognitive representations of communication with older adults in Taiwan. Forty-one Taiwanese college students described conversations with an older adult in response to a variety of interviewer prompts. Transcripts were read and content analyzed by the first two authors. To capture the characteristics of the conversation descriptions, eleven coding dimensions were generated based on schema theory, and all conversation descriptions were coded along these dimensions. Coding results were submitted to hierarchical cluster analysis, yielding five schemas: Mutually satisfying, helping, mixed feelings, small talk, and mutually unpleasant conversations. Results are discussed in terms of similarities and differences from Harwood, McKee and Lin's (2000) study, schema theory, intergenerational communication, and Chinese cultural norms.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JCCG.0000044687.83806.3e
DO - 10.1023/B:JCCG.0000044687.83806.3e
M3 - Article
C2 - 15604647
AN - SCOPUS:16644366173
SN - 0169-3816
VL - 19
SP - 321
EP - 342
JO - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
JF - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
IS - 4
ER -