Taiwanese Young Adults' Intergenerational Communication Schemas

@article{Lin2004TaiwaneseYA,
  title={Taiwanese Young Adults' Intergenerational Communication Schemas},
  author={Mei-Chen Lin and Yan Bing Zhang and Jake Harwood},
  journal={Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology},
  year={2004},
  volume={19},
  pages={321-342}
}

• Mei-Chen Lin, Yan Bing Zhang, Jake Harwood
• Published in
  Journal of cross-cultural…
  2004
• DOI:10.1023/b:jccg.0000044687.83806.3e

This study examined intergenerational communication schemas by investigating young adults' cognitive representations of communication with older adults in Taiwan. Forty-one Taiwanese college students described conversations with an older adult in response to a variety of interviewer prompts. Transcripts were read and content analyzed by the first two authors. To capture the characteristics of the conversation descriptions, eleven coding dimensions were generated based on schema theory, and all… CONTINUE READING

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