An Analysis of the Interaction Patterns of the Elderly: The Deterioration of Relationships.

Autor/in	Schroeder, Anthony B.
Titel	An Analysis of the Interaction Patterns of the Elderly: The Deterioration of Relationships.
Quelle	(1986), (18 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Aging (Individuals); Communication Problems; Communication Research; Communication Skills; Developmental Continuity; Developmental Stages; Gerontology; Human Relations; Interaction; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Older Adults; Social Attitudes; Social Behavior; Social Cognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aging; Altern; Kommunikationsbarriere; Kommunikationsforschung; Kommunikationsstil; Entwicklungsprozess; Gerontologie; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Älterer Erwachsener; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Soziale Kognition
Abstract	Communication imposes a social order and interaction patterns which individuals accept as children, but it is not known to what extent or when in the life cycle preferred rhythms of social involvement and withdrawal are established. To assess the extent to which the elderly lose control of their patterns of interaction, case studies of four elderly individuals in nursing homes were conducted and analyzed from a constructivist perspective. The first and third cases chose to withdraw, while the choice of the second and fourth cases was to be outgoing. None of the four changed behavioral patterns--the withdrawn individuals were systematically consistent, characterized by non-cooperative attitudes and behaviors. However, this behavior is considered a jointly constructed interpretative scheme, and these individuals' complaining is interpreted as positive, especially by the nursing home staff. All four cases point to examples of strategic organization of behavior, or human communication. The notion that elderly communication is different from communication of young people does not appear to be supported, as communication strategies seem to be consistent with the interpretative processes of the individual. What problems are encountered in communication with the elderly may be caused by the younger interactant. Further research may be more profitably focussed on the reality constructed between communicators. (NKA)
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