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The Role of Students' Personality Characteristics, Self-Perceived Competence and Learning Conceptions in the Acquisition and Development of Social Communicative Competence: A Longitudinal Study
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Bakx, A. W. E. A.; Van der Sanden, J. M. M.; Sijtsma, K.; Croon, M. A.; Vermetten, Y. J. M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
An important purpose of higher social work education is to guide students to acquire and develop social-communicative competencies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role students' personality characteristics, self-perceived communicative competence and learning conceptions play in the acquisition and development of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Student Characteristics, Personality Traits, Higher Education
Social Phobia and Social Anxiety as Components of Shyness.
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Carducci, Bernardo J.; Hutzel, Karen; Morrison, Erin; Weyer, Christina Y. – 2001
The purpose of this study was to investigate the conceptual nature of shyness by examining its relationship with social phobia and social anxiety in a non-clinical sample. The participants in the present study were 132 introductory psychology students who completed the Cheek-Buss Shyness Scale (CBSS), Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), and Liebowitz…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitude Measures, College Students, Concept Formation
Physical Attractiveness, Locus of Control, Sex Role, and Conversational Assertiveness.
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Campbell, Keith F.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Analyzes the relationship among physical attractiveness, locus of control, sex role orientation, and assertiveness in undergraduate students. Reviews videotapes of mixed-sex student groups engaged in discussion. Finds an internal locus of control positively correlated with assertiveness. Uses a behavioral measure of assertiveness rather than…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Extraversion Introversion, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Ratings of Interpersonal Conduct in Small Groups by Aggregated Peers and Self: Replicated Factor Analysis.
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Hurley, John R. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the results of 258 undergraduates rating of each others' self-acceptance and acceptance of others. The students had previously participated in 32 small, interpersonal learning groups. They rated each other on subscale items including dominant/submissive, expressive/guarded, and active/passive. Discusses the general trends and differences…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Extraversion Introversion, Group Dynamics