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Sigman, Stuart J. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1986
Argues that adjustment to nursing homes is influenced by peer group and staff-patient interaction. Concludes that both staff and residents place demands and expectations on newcomers' conduct, and staff define successful and unsuccessful adjustment so that patients are constrained in the range of socially acceptable behavior they are permitted to…
Descriptors: Attendants, Communication Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication