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Allen, Jerry L.; Long, Kathleen M.; O'mara, Joan; Judd, Ben B. – Communication Education, 2008
This study examined whether college students' communication avoidance and socio-communicative orientation were related to perceptions of instructors' immediacy, socio-communication style, satisfaction with instructors and learning. Students high in communication apprehension and/or less immediate perceived their instructors as less immediate and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Assertiveness, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Communication
Kintgen-Andrews, Jean – 1987
A study was conducted to determine what progress is made by nursing students during their first two years of study in the development of affective characteristics closely associated with professional level practice. Two affective characteristics associated with professionalism were studied; autonomy and assertiveness. The Inner Directed Scale of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Assertiveness, Attitude Change, College Programs