Abstract
Although communication apprehension (CA) is often presented as having a major impact on communication related behavior, the extant literature provides neither strong nor direct support for such claims. In the present research (1) behavior was viewed as a single index of disjunctively connected response options including avoidance, withdrawal and anxiety and (2) CA was viewed as a categorical rather than a continuous variable. Results of two separate studies provide direct evidence suggesting that CAs avoid communication if possible and report considerable anxiety when forced to communicate.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 202-217 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Communication Quarterly |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Audience Anxiety
- Avoidance
- Behavior
- Chi Square
- Communication Apprehension
- Performance Anxiety
- Speech Anxiety
- Speech Duration
- Stage Fright
- State Anxiety
- Withdrawal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication