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Leary, Mark R. – Human Communication Research, 1983
Demonstrates that there are important conceptual distinctions among the constructs of reticence, shyness, communication apprehension, and unwillingness to communicate. Argues that the failure to recognize the distinctions impedes research and precludes improved methods of identifying the problems and improving treatment. (PD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension
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Wiemann, John M. – Human Communication Research, 1981
Concludes that in the laboratory, participants' conversation behavior is not discernably affected by videotaping, no matter how overt or obvious the taping procedure is. Study focuses on behaviors out of conscious awareness: gestures, head nods, speaking turns, self or object manipulations, and shifts to reclining posture or to forward lean. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Body Language, College Students, Communication Research
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Smith, Mary John – Human Communication Research, 1978
Reports a study of varied threats to attitudinal freedom and initial receiver attitude at four discrepancy intervals. Discusses the significance of the findings for the importance of the freedom to agree or disagree with a persuasive communication. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
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Norton, Robert W. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Presents the foundation of a communicator style construct which is stipulated to include communication variables which reflect the "way one verbally and paraverbally interacts to signal how literal meaning should be taken, interpreted, filtered, or understood." (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
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And Others; Goss, Blaine – Human Communication Research, 1978
Reports two experiments designed to further understanding of the effects of systematic desensitization (SD) training on college students and presents experimental test results indicating that students in SD do not differ significantly from those who choose not to join SD. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems
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Cohen, Akiba A.; Salomon, Gavriel – Human Communication Research, 1978
Discusses the construct validity of television viewing derived from four alternative conceptualizations of what it is in television which, when viewed, interacts with human behavior and attitudes. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research
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Wheeless, Lawrence R. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Reexamines the conceptualization, measurement, and relationships among trust, disclosure and interpersonal solidarity. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
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O'Reilly, Charles A., III; Roberts, Karlene H. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Reports on different ways of describing organizations in terms of the interactions which take place among members, and attempts to differentiate and describe interactions in terms of the type of content most frequently discussed. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Information Theory, Interaction
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Pryor, Bert; Steinfatt, Thomas M. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Refutes McGuire's analogy to inoculation theory used to predict resistance to beliefs that have not been attacked. An experimental test of effectiveness of different defenses over three belief levels is discussed. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Beliefs
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Burgoon, Judee K. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Expands an earlier model of personal space expectations and their violations by specifying primitive terms, constitutive definitions, and the propositional logic underlying the model. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
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Jablin, Fredric M; Sussman, Lyle – Human Communication Research, 1978
Analyzes the performance of individuals in real brainstorming groups in an attempt to determine the relationship between individual ideational output, perceptions of status within the group, and communication apprehension. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills
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Hurt, H. Thomas; Preiss, Raymond – Human Communication Research, 1978
Finds communication apprehension to be significantly negatively related to both middle-school students' attitudes toward school and final grades. Indicates that communication apprehension influences the choice of desired others made by students and their teachers in a classroom communication network. (JMF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
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Daly, John A. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Presents a conceptualization that there is a strong relationship between the personality characteristic of communication apprehension and a set of theoretically relevant behaviors. Predicts an empirical distinction between apprehension and attitude, and compares three self-report measures of apprehension. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
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Jordan, William J.; Powers, William G. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Presents a study examining the effect of high and low communication apprehension in conjunction with social and personal settings upon verbal behavior. Stepwise multiple discriminant analysis of the data indicates several language variables that discriminate between the high apprehensive-personal setting group and the remaining groups. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills