Abstract This study examined how older family members' communication about age-related issues predicts younger family members’ age-related communication. Grandchildren were classified as solemn, media-related engaged, and bantering agers. Parents were classified as disengaged, gloomy, engaged, and bantering agers. Grandparents were classified as gloomy, engaged, and bantering agers. Relative to families with engaged grandparents, families with gloomy grandparents were (a) more likely to include gloomy parents, and (b) less likely to include solemn grandchildren. Relative to families with engaged grandparents, families with bantering grandparents were less likely to include solemn grandchildren. Findings are discussed in terms of the intergenerational transmission of age-related communication habits and the theoretical importance of examining moderators that might qualify the links between age-related communication in future research.

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家庭中与年龄相关的交流模式：三代人的研究

摘要 本研究考察了年长家庭成员关于年龄相关问题的交流如何预测年轻家庭成员的年龄相关交流。孙辈被归类为严肃的、与媒体有关的、爱开玩笑的老年人。父母被归类为不敬业、忧郁、敬业和爱开玩笑的老年人。祖父母被归类为阴郁、订婚和爱开玩笑的老人。相对于有订婚的祖父母的家庭，有阴郁祖父母的家庭（a）更有可能包括阴郁的父母，以及（b）不太可能包括庄严的孙辈。相对于有订婚的祖父母的家庭，有开玩笑的祖父母的家庭不太可能包括庄重的孙子。