Social Communicative Competencies Across the Life Span

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Abstract

It is important to consider social communicative competencies throughout the life span as at virtually every life stage they are associated with successful relationships with friends and family as well as with occupational and academic success. Similarly, deficits in social communicative competencies have been linked to depression, loneliness, low self-esteem and a lack of self-efficacy throughout life. This manuscript explores communication competences from a lifespan perspective.

Author

• Laura Stafford, Bowling Green State University