Cross‐generational coping with interpersonal relationship loss

Feezel, Jerry D.; Shepherd, Patricia E.

doi:10.1080/10570318709374274

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“…Despite the Lin, Harwood, and Bonnesen (2002) finding that grandparentgrandchild talk about issues such as health was rare, sometimes grandparents' desire to show that they are coping may be another motive for communication. For example, it has been noted that when older persons seek to bolster self-esteem, they may describe personal difficulties (J. to illustrate to younger persons that they are rising above potentially overwhelming circumstances such as illness and loss of loved ones (Feezel & Shepherd, 1987).…”

Section: Coping (To Show Coping With Old Age)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Young Adults' Reactions to Grandparent Painful Self-Disclosure: The Influence of Grandparent Sex and Overall Motivations for Communication

Barker

2007

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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This study examined young adult grandchildren's self-reports about the influence of grandparent sex on perceived grandparent painful self-disclosure (PSD) as well as their reactions to grandparent dyad PSD. Perceived grandmother and grandfather motivations for overall communication were assessed as mediators of young adult grandchildren's discomfort with grandparent dyad PSD. Findings show that participants perceived PSD more in their interactions with their maternal grandmothers compared to their maternal grandfathers. These young adult grandchildren were less likely to report discomfort if they perceived grandparents to be communicating overall for the purposes of positive affect, or identity, but more likely to feel discomfort if they perceived grandparents to be communicating for the purpose of control.

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Section: Coping (To Show Coping With Old Age)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Young Adults' Reactions to Grandparent Painful Self-Disclosure: The Influence of Grandparent Sex and Overall Motivations for Communication

Barker

2007

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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“…With one exception (Collins & Gould, 1994), those studies that have included older adults have discovered age differences in disclosive behavior (Boden & Bielby, 1983;N. Coupland et al, 1988;Feezel & Shepherd, 1987;Shaner et al, 1994). Age differences in disclosive behavior may reflect age differences in regard to norms; that is, the norms reported in prior research (Altman & Taylor, 1979;Berger & Bradac, 1982;Derlega & Grzelak, 1979;Dindia, 1985;Douglas, 1990) may be young adult norms and not generalizable to the elderly population.…”

Section: Psds: Older Adults Violating Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Third, researchers propose that older adults may be coping with their situations by talking about negative aspects of their lives (N. Coupland et al, 1988;Shaner & Hummert, 1996). Feezel and Shepherd (1987) found that elderly individuals were used to talking with others to cope with losses. In addition, Barbato and Perse (1992) found that older adults reported comfort as a motive for talking with others generally.…”

Section: Motivations For Psdsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Painful Self-Disclosures of Older Adults in Relation to Aging Stereotypes and Perceived Motivations

Bonnesen

Hummert

2002

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

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Painful self-disclosures (PSDs) have been described as an elderly phenomenon, yet prior research has not empirically tested possible consequences of PSDs or potential motivations behind them. This study investigated the influence of disclosure type (PSDs vs. nonpainful self-disclosures [NPSDs]) and participant age (young vs. old) on perceptions of disclosure characteristics, discloser traits, and motivations. After watching videotaped interactions, participants completed an impression questionnaire. Participants rated PSDs as more painful, more intimate, and less appropriate than NPSDs, with an interaction effect of age and disclosure type on the PSD ratings. Also, participants rated disclosers of PSDs lower on positive stereotype traits and higher on negative stereotype traits than disclosers of NPSDs, with another interaction effect on the set of positive stereotype traits. Finally, participants rated various motives differently, according to disclosure type and age of participant. These results are discussed within the framework of the communicative predicament of aging model.

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“…Talking and being heard fights isolation and loneliness (Conant, 1996;Feezel & Shepherd, 1987;Gilbert, 1989). Communication becomes "a means to compensate for the loss" (Feezel & Shepherd, 1987, p. 318).…”

Section: Sense-making Through Communicationmentioning

confidence: 97%