Communication Reports articles from June 2004

Communication Reports archives from June 2004

Demand/withdraw communication between parents and adolescents as a correlate of relational satisfaction.
June 22, 2004... The present investigation examined the association between satisfaction in parent-adolescent relationships and demand/withdraw, a pattern of communication in which one person nags or criticizes while the other attempts to avoid the issue....

An experimental study of language intensity and response rate in e mail surveys.
June 22, 2004... Intense language, under many conditions, has been shown to substantially increase attitude change. However, the effect of language intensity on actual behavior has rarely been examined and the effectiveness of intense messages has never been...

Emotional and behavioral responses to romantic jealousy expressions.
June 22, 2004... This study focused on the emotional and behavioral responses experienced and expressed by targets of jealousy expressions, participants (N=226) reported their perceived emotion intensity and likelihood that they would respond with specific...

The relationships among instructors' antisocial behavior alteration techniques and student resistance.
June 22, 2004... This study examined the relationships between instructors' use of antisocial behavior alteration techniques (BATs) and students' use of teacher-owned resistance strategies. College students (N = 190) completed questionnaires assessing their...

Testing a workplace experience explanation of displaced dissent.
June 22, 2004... When employees express displaced dissent their organizations do not hear and as a result forfeit important critical feedback. The purpose of this study was to assess the conditions in which employees tend to favor expressing displaced dissent....

Communication differences between male and female team sport athletes.
June 22, 2004... Research has been equivocal with respect to sex differences in communication. Although the bulk of the literature suggests that any differences are small to moderate, several characteristics of sport teams suggest that male and female athletes...

The relationship between perceived instructor credibility and college student in-class and out-of-class communication.
June 22, 2004... This study explored the relationship between perceived instructor credibility (i.e., competence, character, caring) and student in-class (i.e., willingness to talk) and out of class communication. Participants were 158 college students enrolled...