Evaluations of overhelping and underhelping communication: Do old age and physical disability matter?

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-107

  Ryan, Ellen Bouchard ^a,c   Anas, Ann P ^a   Gruneir, Andrea J S ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Communication predicaments; Disability; Intergroup communication; Overhelpin; Patronizing speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744524495     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X05284485     Document Type: Article

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