The Influence of Biological Sex, Self-Esteem, and Communication Apprehension on Unwillingness to Communicate
2011
Role identity influences communication behaviors, particularly unwillingness to communicate, or the tendency to avoid oral communication, a phenomenon that communication instructors observe in many of their students. This investigation explores the effect of biological sex, self-esteem, and communication apprehension on the reward and approach-avoidance dimensions of unwillingness to communicate. Multiple regression analyses revealed significant relationships between biological sex and self-esteem on the reward dimension and biological sex and communication apprehension on the approach-avoidance dimension. Results suggest that women and men view communication differently and may be socialized to behave differently during communication encounters. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed for communication instructors.
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
55
References
14
Citations
NaN
KQI