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Article: Family Communication, Intergenerational Conflict and Suicide of the Elderly in Japan.(Brief Article)(Review) (book review)
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- Women and Language
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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Family Communication, Intergenerational Conflict and Suicide of the Elderly in Japan Kimiko Akita, Ohio University
Japan is rapidly becoming a very old society, but the changes provoked by economic development and modernization raise serious questions about intergenerational communication and family communication in Japan. People's communication styles have changed over the years. Elderly people have lost their traditionally respectful and responsible roles in their families. Young people are more outspoken and direct, while older adults are more traditional, being silent, indirect, ...
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