Intra- and intergenerational communication satisfaction as a function of an individual's age and age stereotypes

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 562-570

  Chen, Yiwei ^a   King, Brian Edward ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036855742     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250143000553     Document Type: Review

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