Expanding the Boundary Conditions of the Communicative Ecology Model of Successful Aging to Include Communication About Religion

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1177/00936502231165844

Quinten S. Bernhold, Jalen Blue, Sarah Devereux, Victoria Bertram, Kylie Julius

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Abstract

This study expanded the communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA) to include communication about religion. Older adults ( N = 272, MAge = 64.96 years) reported on the most important memorable message about religion that has shaped their lives, as well as on their own religious communication (i.e., religious helping and seeking religious support). Memorable messages with a theme of (a) developing a personal relationship with God and (b) eternal damnation were associated with higher and lower perceptions of memorable message motivational effect, respectively. Perceived memorable message motivational effect, religious helping, and seeking religious support were indirectly associated with successful aging, via aging efficacy. Communication about religion is a worthwhile theoretical addition to the CEMSA. The use of multiple sources of data—namely the memorable message themes (as coded by outside research assistants) and subjective aging experiences (as self-reported by older adults)—is also a noteworthy methodological contribution to CEMSA research.

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扩展成功老龄化传播生态模型的边界条件以包括宗教传播

本研究将成功老龄化的传播生态学模型扩展至宗教传播。老年人(N = 272，年龄= 64.96)报告了影响他们生活的最重要的、难忘的宗教信息，以及他们自己的宗教交流(即宗教帮助和寻求宗教支持)。以(a)发展与上帝的个人关系和(b)永恒诅咒为主题的难忘信息分别与更高和更低的难忘信息动机效应相关。感知记忆信息动机效应、宗教帮助和寻求宗教支持通过衰老功效与成功衰老间接相关。关于宗教的交流是对CEMSA的一个有价值的理论补充。多种数据来源的使用——即令人难忘的信息主题(由外部研究助理编码)和主观衰老经历(由老年人自我报告)——也是对CEMSA研究的一个值得注意的方法贡献。

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