Abstract
This research used Infante’s (1987) conceptualization of trait verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness to analyze adult males’ perceptions of their fathers’ messages. In the present study, fathers’ self-reports of verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness were used to predict their adult sons ‘ reports of fathers ‘ sarcasm, criticism, and global verbal aggressiveness. Results of multivariate regression analyses indicated that (1) fathers’ argumentativeness accounted for a significant percentage of variance in the dependent variable set but did not contribute significantly to the univariate equations and (2) fathers’ verbal aggressiveness explained a significant percentage of the multivariance and contributed significantly to each univariate equation. Overall, the predictor set explained 39.32% of the variance in the dependent variable set. As predicted, the preponderance of the effect (30.05%) was due to fathers’ verbal aggressiveness. Implications are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 407-415 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- adult sons
- argumentativeness
- criticism
- fathers
- sarcasm
- verbal aggressiveness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
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Fathers’ Trait Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness as Predictors of Adult Sons’ Perceptions of Fathers’ Sarcasm, Criticism, and Verbal Aggressiveness. / Beatty, Michael; Dobos, Jean A.; Rudd, Jill E.; Zelley, James R.
In: Communication Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1994, p. 407-415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Zelley, James R.
PY - 1994
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