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Peer reviewedFrymier, Ann Bainbridge; Weser, Benjamin – Communication Education, 2001
Focuses on the relationship of three student predispositions to their expectations for instructor communication behavior. Examines students' communication apprehension, grade and learning orientation, and humor orientation in relation to students' expectations for teachers' use of verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors, clarity behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Expectation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHackman, Michael Z.; Barthel-Hackman, Tammy A. – Communication Quarterly, 1993
Finds that New Zealand students sampled were significantly less willing to communicate and experienced greater communication apprehension than U.S. students. Finds significant negative correlations for United States students between communication apprehension and humor variables (liking of humor, sensitivity to humor, and coping humor), whereas…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textMcDowell, Earl E.; Yotsuyanagi, Noriko – 1996
An exploratory study focused on United States and Japanese college students' perceptions of their communication apprehension, willingness to communicate, and sense of humor in various communication situations. Subjects, 110 students selected from several scientific and technical communication classes at the University of Minnesota and 108 students…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
Hugenberg, Lawrence W., Ed. – 1992
This collection of 11 papers contains three types of papers: (1) 1991 Speech Communication Association Basic Course Committee award winning papers; (2) articles on the basic communication course; and (3) the public speaking basic course. The papers are: "Academic Success in the Basic Course: The Influence of Apprehension and…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
