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"You Stupid, Lazy Kid": Perceptions of Verbal Aggressiveness in Older Adults

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Young adults’ stereotypes of older adults has been well-documented in
communication literature, however, there has been a lack of research on the impact of message strategy on intergenerational interactions. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among three factors that previous research suggests should influence the activation of stereotypes toward a target: age, relational level, and message strategy. This study examines the role that message strategy, in this case, verbal aggressiveness, plays in activating young adults’ (n = 186) negative stereotypes of older adults. The young adults’ self-reported levels of trait verbal aggressiveness was positively correlated with negative stereotype activation. Verbally aggressive messages, also, consistently activated more negative stereotypes than did the corresponding neutral message strategy. Although all three factors (age, relational level, and message strategy) accounted for differences in stereotype activation, message strategy had the largest effect on negative stereotype activation. Implications of the findings on intergenerational interactions are discussed.

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Croghan, Jon. and Pecchioni, Loretta. ""You Stupid, Lazy Kid": Perceptions of Verbal Aggressiveness in Older Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans, LA, May 27, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p112581_index.html>

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Croghan, J. M. and Pecchioni, L. L. , 2004-05-27 ""You Stupid, Lazy Kid": Perceptions of Verbal Aggressiveness in Older Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans, LA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p112581_index.html

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Young adults’ stereotypes of older adults has been well-documented in
communication literature, however, there has been a lack of research on the impact of message strategy on intergenerational interactions. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among three factors that previous research suggests should influence the activation of stereotypes toward a target: age, relational level, and message strategy. This study examines the role that message strategy, in this case, verbal aggressiveness, plays in activating young adults’ (n = 186) negative stereotypes of older adults. The young adults’ self-reported levels of trait verbal aggressiveness was positively correlated with negative stereotype activation. Verbally aggressive messages, also, consistently activated more negative stereotypes than did the corresponding neutral message strategy. Although all three factors (age, relational level, and message strategy) accounted for differences in stereotype activation, message strategy had the largest effect on negative stereotype activation. Implications of the findings on intergenerational interactions are discussed.

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The extent to which the world is greying has been well documented. For example in the United States at the beginning of this millenium the older adult population in the United States represented over 13% of the total population and is projected to be approximately 20 percent of the American population by 2003. (Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being 2000). Projections from the Census Bureau and National Institute on Aging suggest that most nations will experience a dramatic
Stereotype (Overall) 1 241.90 .000 .06 1.00 Shrew/Curmudgeon 1 249.05 .000 .58 1.00 Vulnerable 1 157.14 .000 .47 1.00 Despondent 1 159.18 .000 .47 1.00 Severely Impaired 1 161.21 .000 .48 1.00 Relational Level * Age Dependent Variable df F p eta² power Neg Stereotype (Overall) 1 2.59 .11 .01 .16 Shrew/Curmudgeon 1 1.34 .25 .01 .30 Vulnerable 1 2.08 .15 .01 .13 Despondent 1 3.02 .08 .02 .41 Severely Impaired 1 1.44 .23 .01 .22 40


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