TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of Communication in a Family Relationship and the Reduction of Intergroup Prejudice
AU - Soliz, Jordan
AU - Harwood, Jake
N1 - Funding Information:
Jordan E. Soliz (M.A., University of Kansas) is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Kansas. Jake Harwood (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is Associate Professor in the Communication Department at the University of Arizona. An earlier version of this manuscript was presented to the Commission on Communication and Aging, National Communication Association annual meeting, New Orleans, 2002. This research was supported by NIA training grant in Communication and Aging #AG00226; Susan Kemper, P.I. The authors would like to thank Susan Kemper, Mary Lee Hummert, Joann Keyton, and three anonymous reviewers for comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this manuscript along with Laura McClure for assistance with data entry. Correspondence should be directed to the first author at Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas, 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, email [email protected]
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - From a contact theory perspective, links between variation in young adults' perceptions of communication with their grandparents and attitudes towards older adults are examined. The analysis pays particular attention to variation in communication with multiple grandparents, and finds links between that and perceived variability in the older adult population as a whole. More variation in perceptions of communication with grandparents is associated with perceptions of older adults as more heterogeneous. However, variation in grandparent relationships is associated with more negative attitudes towards older adults on measures of attitudinal central tendency. The results are discussed in terms of intergroup communication processes, contact theory and possible interventions to reduce prejudice in this and other contexts.
AB - From a contact theory perspective, links between variation in young adults' perceptions of communication with their grandparents and attitudes towards older adults are examined. The analysis pays particular attention to variation in communication with multiple grandparents, and finds links between that and perceived variability in the older adult population as a whole. More variation in perceptions of communication with grandparents is associated with perceptions of older adults as more heterogeneous. However, variation in grandparent relationships is associated with more negative attitudes towards older adults on measures of attitudinal central tendency. The results are discussed in terms of intergroup communication processes, contact theory and possible interventions to reduce prejudice in this and other contexts.
KW - Attitudes towards older adults
KW - Contact theory
KW - Grandparent-grandchild relations
KW - Intergenerational communication
KW - Intergroup prejudice
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U2 - 10.1080/1369681032000132582
DO - 10.1080/1369681032000132582
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0344065041
SN - 0090-9882
VL - 31
SP - 320
EP - 345
JO - Journal of Applied Communication Research
JF - Journal of Applied Communication Research
IS - 4
ER -