A comparative analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and loneliness for elderly nursing home and non‐nursing home residents

Downs, Valerie C.; Javidi, Manoochehr; Nussbaum, Jon F.

doi:10.1080/10570318809389644

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“…Segrin reviewed that loneliness has been consistently found to not be related to social network size, to be highly correlated with depression, and to consistently emerge as the perception of being socially undesirable, not having a close friend, and not wanting to be a burden to others. Scholars have demonstrated that loneliness can be reduced by mediated communication in the form of parasocial interaction (Wang, Fink, & Cai, 2008); they have demonstrated links between loneliness and willingness to communicate (Kirtley, 1999) and an individual's level of communication apprehension and loneliness (Downs, Manoochehr, & Nussbaum, 2009;Zakahi & Duran, 1985). In a reciprocal relationship, depression and loneliness can create or deepen interpersonal communication problems (Segrin, 1996).…”

Section: Lonelinessmentioning

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Communicating While Transgender: Apprehension, Loneliness, and Willingness to Communicate in a Canadian Sample

Heinz

2018

Sage Open

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Transgender communication is emerging as a field of inquiry in its own right (Spencer & Capuzza, 2015), and interpersonal communication studies involving transgender studies is emerging as a field within this larger trend (e.g., Kosenko, Rintamaki, & Maness, 2015; Norwood & Lannutti, 2015). Social scientific scholarship on interpersonal communication involving transgender people is, as typical of emerging fields of study, still marked by somewhat incidental publications and research projects. This particular project seeks to advance this area of inquiry by pursuing five objectives: (a) extending previous work on transgender communication dynamics, (b) contributing to the growth of interpersonal communication studies and transgender studies in a Canadian context, (c) extending traditional applications of communication scholarship to include transgender individuals, (d) generating recommendations to help address communication needs and expectations identified by needs assessments, and (e) demystifying cisgender-transgender communication (Dixon, 2015). To these ends, this study offers quantitative data on loneliness, willingness to communicate, and communication apprehension in a Canadian transgender sample and qualitative data on communication dynamics experienced by Canadian transgender people. The immediate goal of the study was to explore communication experiences and descriptors of Canadian transgender people, with a particular emphasis on loneliness, willingness to communicate, and communication apprehension. In this way, this study builds on previous work exploring communication needs of transgender Canadians (heinz, 2015; heinz & MacFarlane, 2013). Nomenclature Scholarly, professional, cultural, personal, and political preferences and conventions differ greatly when it comes to describing individuals who are not cisgender. Language use in this area is also changing rapidly, and differs in national contexts even when English is used as a common language. In this study, participants answered "yes" to the screening question of whether they "identify as transgender," so this study uses both identity language and the referent "transgender" throughout as affirmed language. When other literature is cited, the language used in that particular work is maintained. Interpersonal Transgender Communication Spencer (2015) provided a succinct and first overview of the emergence of transgender studies in communication. Spencer demonstrated the emergence of a field of study, notably 777780S GOXXX10.

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Section: Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communicating While Transgender: Apprehension, Loneliness, and Willingness to Communicate in a Canadian Sample

Heinz

2018

Sage Open

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Language and Communication

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Poiani

2021

International Perspectives on Aging

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Communication, Language and the Institutionalised Elderly

Nussbaum

1991

Ageing and Society

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Research describing the social world of elderly residents of nursing homes is organised in this paper into three levels of analysis: the institutional level, the relational level and the interactional level. The significance of each level is highlighted, with special attention being given to the interactional level of analysis and the study of language within the nursing home. Data gathered from semi-structured interviews with both elderly residents and nurse aides are presented and interpreted as evidence of interactional problems which may emerge in the resident–staff relationship. Implications and future prospects of incorporating the three levels of analysis into the study of the psychosocial well-being of nursing home residents are considered.

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A comparative analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and loneliness for elderly nursing home and non‐nursing home residents

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Communicating While Transgender: Apprehension, Loneliness, and Willingness to Communicate in a Canadian Sample

Communicating While Transgender: Apprehension, Loneliness, and Willingness to Communicate in a Canadian Sample

Language and Communication

Communication, Language and the Institutionalised Elderly

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