Communication motives (state vs. trait?) and task group outcomes

Anderson, Cheryl; Martin, Matthew M.

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“…The motives of pleasure and affection were positively related to being attentive and responsive during the group interactions, whereas the motives of control and escape were negatively related. In classroom groups, Anderson and Martin (2002) found that group members who reported communicating for pleasure, relaxation, and affection also reported greater levels of participation satisfaction, cohesion, and group satisfaction. However, the motives used in sibling communication have yet to be investigated, and that is the focus of the present article.…”

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Siblings' Motives for Talking to Each Other

Rocca¹,

Martin

Dunleavy

2010

The Journal of Psychology

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The sibling relationship is an involuntary one that individuals often maintain throughout life (V. G. Cicirelli, 1995; M. A. Fitzpatrick & D. M. Badzinski, 1994; P. Noller & M. A. Fitzpatrick, 1993). The authors investigated interpersonal communication motives in sibling relationships to examine the way in which siblings voluntarily maintain their relationships with one another over time. R. B. Rubin, E. M. Perse, and C. A. Barbato (1988) identified 6 primary motives that people have for communicating: affection, control, escape, inclusion, pleasure, and relaxation. Participants were 323 individuals who reported on why they communicated with 1 of their siblings. The authors found differences between male and females participants and between intact and nonintact families. The number of siblings and the birth order of siblings also appeared to affect motives for communicating. The authors discuss the implications and limitations.

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2010

The Journal of Psychology

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“…Rubin, Perse, and Barbato's (1988) self-report instrument has been frequently used and adapted to effectively investigate motivation in our field (e.g. Anderson & Martin, 2002;Graham, Barbato, & Perse, 1993).…”

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Projective measures of motivation and media choice

Millhous¹

2004

Communication Research Reports

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This field study of international managers demonstrates the utility of projective measures of motivation for research on difficult-to-reach populations. Three motives (Achievement, Affiliation, Power) were measured through content analysis of interview narratives. Findings suggest that projective measures are sensitive enough to document smaller changes in motivation over the course of the interview. For the managers in this sample, frequency of communication was significantly associated with higher power motivation (especially face-to-face, fax and telephone) and modestly associated with higher affiliation (face-to-face and e-mail). The achievement motive was not associated with communication frequency.Communication is motivational: People motivate one another through interaction. Generally, we would measure this motivation with a standard pre-test, treatment, posttest and rely on a self-report questionnaire where subjects would indicate their level of motivation. Unfortunately, it is expensive and difficult to arrange such experiments particularly with non-student subjects.There is an alternative, however, that is sensitive enough to map changes in motivation over the course of an interaction and does not introduce the methodological error of a contrived experiment. Social psychologist David McClelland and his colleagues have been mining communication data for information about motivation over the past 50 years (see McClelland, 1987 for comprehensive review). They have developed a reliable and valid measurement process for a variety of motivations through content analysis. As psychologists, their assumption is that talk emerges as a symptom of an underlying motivational state. However, as communication scholars we might also argue that talk is a mechanism for persuasion or changing one's motivational state.Projective The present study documents use of McClelland 7 s projective measures for motivation on a difficult-to-access, non-student sample and shows how these relate to communication frequency and media choice. The purpose of this report is to document the utility of such measures for future communication research. Thus, the findings are noteworthy from a methodological and heuristic perspective, rather than for their theoretical proofs.

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The Effect of Web Cohesion, Web Commitment, and Attitude toward the Website on Intentions to Use NFL Teams’ Websites

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Sport Management Review

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Communication motives (state vs. trait?) and task group outcomes

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References 30 publications

Siblings' Motives for Talking to Each Other

Siblings' Motives for Talking to Each Other

Projective measures of motivation and media choice

The Effect of Web Cohesion, Web Commitment, and Attitude toward the Website on Intentions to Use NFL Teams’ Websites

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