Child- vs. adult-directed speech and self-esteem: effects on the task performances, arousal, and future esteem of elderly adults
In a sample of older individuals, the effects of speech type and initial esteem level on performance and subsequent esteem were explored in the present study. Results were inconclusive. Practice effects were found for all subjects, regardless of group membership on all tasks. Speech and Esteem effec...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42353 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04282010-020024/ |