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Kelly, Lynne; And Others – Communication Education, 1982
Results of the study suggested that the four measurement instruments of communication problems are not capable of discriminating students with communication problems from students without. Concluded that what may be most important in distinguishing the two groups is whether or not persons perceive their uncomfortable feelings about communication…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques

Phillips, Gerald M., ed. – Communication Education, 1982
Introduces and comments on articles in this symposium issue. Contends that speech teachers have methods to overcome communication problems. Challenges them to sort their methods out, test and phrase them in clear language, document assertions from their own classroom investigations, and eventually build a theory to help people improve their…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Fear

Neer, Michael R. – Communication Education, 1982
Findings demonstrated that the reason students enrolled in a Speech Confidence Laboratory was to improve their speaking skills and to reduce their fear of speaking. Although findings indicated that the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA) was not the decisive factor influencing students' enrollment, the PRCA is an adequate…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Diagnostic Tests

Work, William – Communication Education, 1982
Presents an annotated bibliography of 37 ERIC resources from "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education," categorized under three headings: General studies on communication apprehension; Communication apprehension in school populations; Communication apprehension in college and adult populations. (PD)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Fear
Shimmin, Harold; Noel, Richard C. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to investigate nonverbal facial, body, and paralanguage cues to deception in children. A sample of 31 Hispanic and Black second and third grade students were videotaped while playing a color identification that required six honest and six deceptive verbal responses to a randomized stimulus presentation. Frame-by-frame…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Angermeyer, Matthias C.; And Others – 1980
Sixty half-hour family discussions generated by the "revealed differences technique" were analyzed to determine the emotional intensity and quality (friendliness/attacking) of messages between individuals in families with schizophrenic and "normal" sons. Thirty families in each situation (schizophrenic/normal) were matched for comparison. Both…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis