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Keaten, James A. – 2001
Current models of communication fear and avoidance are analyzed (i.e., genetic, social and interactional). A new model is proposed, linking language, imagery, emotion, and behavior to complex neurological systems in the brain. Evidence for the model is taken from several related fields of study, especially neurolinguistics, neuropsychology,…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education, Literature Reviews

Beatty, Michael J.; McCroskey, James C.; Heisel, Alan D. – Communication Monographs, 1998
Contends that communication apprehension represents individuals' expression of inborn, biological functioning, antecedent to social experience and therefore independent of social learning processes. Presents a temperament-based conceptualization of communication apprehension; integrates neurologically-based temperament functions into three…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Models, Nature Nurture Controversy

Keaten, James A.; Kelly, Lynne – Communication Education, 2000
Presents a theoretical statement on the nature of reticence that affirms, in part, Gerald M. Phillips' conceptualization in prior research but, grounded in new empirical data, refines and revises the construct. Proposes a new definition and a six-component model of reticence. Discusses theoretical and treatment implications. (SR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Nimocks, Mittie J.; Bromley, Patricia L.; Parsons, Theron E.; Enright, Corinne S.; Gates, Elizabeth A. – 2001
This study examined the effect of covert modeling on communication apprehension, public speaking anxiety, and communication competence. Students identified as highly communication apprehensive received covert modeling, a technique in which one first observes a model doing a behavior, then visualizes oneself performing the behavior and obtaining a…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Higher Education

Levine, Timothy R.; McCroskey, James C. – Communication Monographs, 1990
Tests three rival measurement models of a common measure of trait communication apprehension, the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24). Finds that the second-order factor model better fits the data in terms of conceptual implications, psychometric properties, and empirical evidence than the linear, unidimensional model or the…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Greene, John O.; Sparks, Glenn G. – 1982
Among the characteristics of communicative apprehensive individuals are fearful reactions to communication situations, perceptions of low personal competency, an inability to identify appropriate social behaviors, and an anticipation of negative outcomes to interaction. One proposed model for communication apprehension assumes that a state of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Remland, Martin S.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the means by which inferences and emotions combine to motivate conflict escalation in response to nonverbal displays of status. Subjects, 64 male and 105 female volunteers enrolled in communication courses at a university located in the northeastern part of the United States, completed a verbal aggressiveness scale and a personal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Conflict

Beatty, Michael J. – Communication Education, 1988
Indicates that situational factors such as perceived novelty, subordinate status, conspicuousness, dissimilarity and prior history correlate significantly with public speaking anxiety. Presents a causal model based on a confluence of previous research and the results of the present study. Includes classroom implications.(NH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills

Greene, John O.; Sparks, Glenn G. – Communication Quarterly, 1983
Tested an expectations-based model of the cognitive processes leading to communication apprehension. Found that expectations are a significant predictor of communication apprehension as measured by self-reports. Also important were communicative goals and the interaction of expected outcome and goal importance. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Communication Apprehension
Spitzberg, Brian H. – 1982
A study was conducted to test a model of relational competence that consisted of three components: motivation, knowledge, and skill in interaction for both participants in a conversation. The model is based on the assumption that the additive combination of these components for both participants will be significantly predictive of several…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Higher Education
Rijlaarsdam, G.; van den Bergh, H. – 1987
A study tested the validity of a speaking apprehension questionnaire developed by Marshall that monitors the performance of secondary school teaching in oracy in the Netherlands. This questionnaire, intended for 11- to 16-year-old students, was administered to 86 secondary school students. The improved instrument, the Speaking Apprehension Measure…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Cook, John A.; Hurt, H. Thomas – 1983
A study examined the power of communication apprehension, person perception, network connectedness, and course satisfaction to predict learning outcomes in a college communication course. Subjects, 81 students from a multisection course, completed a variety of self-report instruments measuring their communication apprehension levels; perceptions…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Apprehension

Glaser, Susan R. – Communication Education, 1981
Examines models and treatment approaches for communication apprehension: (1) conditioned anxiety--systematic desensitization; (2) negative cognitive appraisal--cognitive modification; and (3) skills deficit--skills training. Provides direction for future treatment research. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research

Gray, Pamela L.; And Others – Communication Education, 1986
Findings suggest that the Personalized System of Instruction in the introductory speech communication course tends to equal or be more effective than the lecture-recitation format in (1) attitudes toward and satisfaction with the course; (2) academic achievement; (3) alleviating communication apprehension; and (4) growth in communication skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
Hensley, Wayne E. – 1983
The Johari Window--a model that categorizes degree of self-awareness and openness in communication into (1) information known to self and others (open), (2) information known to self but not to others (hidden), (3) information known to others but not self (blind), and (4) information known neither to self nor to others (unknown)--is a frequently…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Disclosure