Abstract
Utilizing the socio-environmental perspective, this investigation compared feelings of communication apprehension and perceived loneliness between nursing home and non-nursing home residents. Results indicate that communication apprehension consistently and significantly predicts perceived loneliness for non-nursing home residents, but fails to predict perceived loneliness for nursing home residents. Demographic information describing the two groups of subjects is also compared.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 308-320 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Western Journal of Speech Communication |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1988 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Communication
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Downs, V. C., Javidi, M., & Nussbaum, J. F. (1988). A comparative analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and loneliness for elderly nursing home and non-nursing home residents. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 52(4), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570318809389644