Nonverbal communication performance and perceptions associated with reticence: Replications and classroom implications

Burgoon, Judee K.; Pfau, Michael; Birk, Thomas; Manusov, Valerie

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“…They also rate themselves less disclosive, less honest, more superficial (McCroskey & Richmond, 1977;Stacks & Stone, 1983) and generally less social (McCroskey & Sheahan, 1978) than persons low in communication apprehension. Further, although some evidence suggests that initial interaction behavior is unaffected by interlocutors' apprehensiveness (Burgoon, Pfau, Birk, & Manusov, 1987;Richmond, 1978), persons may avoid situations because they are communicatively apprehensive (Daly & Stafford, 1984;McCroskey, 1982a). Ayres (1989) recently reported that, in unstructured first meetings, high communication apprehensives self-disclose less than persons low in communication apprehension.…”

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Expectations About Initial Interaction An Examination of the Effects of Global Uncertainty

Douglas

1991

Human Comm Res

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This inquiry extended uncertainty reduction theory to includeactors'uncertainty about acquaintanceship in general (global uncertainty). Study 1 involved examination of the self-reports of 139 female and 85 male participants. Results of the analysis shmed that participants high in global uncertainty define initial interaction in comparatively negative ways, morefrequently attempt to avoid conversations with unfamiliar targets, perform less effectively when meeting others for thefirst time, and develop less satisfactory long-term relationships than persons low in global uncertainty. Global uncertainty also combined with participants' sense of the self-nssuredness-awkrdness of first encounters to predict initial interaction performance. Study 2 examined the conversational performance of 48 females and 28 males who had participated in the first investigation. This analysis revealed that, during the first minuteof interaction, persons high in global uncertainty engaged in comparatively low levels of question asking but relatively high levels of disclosure. High globally uncertain participants werealso rated less competent by their partners than were persons low in global uncertainty. Study 3 explored the relationship between globnl uncertainty, communication Competence, and communication apprehension. Examination of theself-reportsof 63 femalesand49 males showed that persons high in global uncertainty areaWrehensivewhen meetingstrangers and enact acquaintanceship episodes relatively inexpertly, although the magnitude of correlations between the constructs provide strong evidence that global uncertainty is distinguishable from both competence and apprehension. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Expectations About Initial Interaction An Examination of the Effects of Global Uncertainty

Douglas

1991

Human Comm Res

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“…Sample items include ''I have no fears about expressing myself in a group (reverse coded)'', ''I listen more than talk'', and ''I avoid group discussions''. The scale has been used with Western (e.g., Burgoon, Pfau, Birk, & Manusov, 1987) but not Chinese adolescents. For the present study, the scale was translated into Chinese by a professional translator and proofread by two research assistants and a secondary school teacher.…”

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Peer acceptance and self-perceptions of verbal and behavioural aggression and social withdrawal

Chang

Lei

et al. 2005

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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This study presents a model of maladaptive social interactions that includes both behavioural and communication correlates of peer acceptance and self-perceived social competence. Tested in a sample of 377 Hong Kong secondary school students, verbal and nonverbal aggression contributed concurrently and longitudinally to peer acceptance. Communication avoidance was predictive only of self-perceived social competence but not of peer acceptance, whereas, as observed in Western children, social withdrawal negatively predicted peer acceptance and self-perceived social competency. These findings are presented in a discussion of the verbal and nonverbal involvement in defining aggression and social withdrawal in adolescent social interactions.

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“…The UTC is a 20-item measure present in a 7-point Likert format ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7). Past research has yielded reliabilities ranging from .85 to .98 (Buller & Burgoon, 1986;Burgoon, 1977) for the approach-avoidance dimension and .70 to .95 (Buller & Burgoon, 1986;Burgoon, Pfau, Birk, & Manusov, 1987) for the reward dimension. For this study a Cronbach's coefficient alpha of .85 (M = 46.14, SD = 11.04) was obtained for the avoidance dimension, and a coefficient alpha of .81 (M = 55.69, SD = 8.22) was obtained for the reward dimension.…”

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The relationship between unwillingness to communicate and family communication patterns

Avtgis¹

1999

Communication Research Reports

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Nonverbal communication performance and perceptions associated with reticence: Replications and classroom implications

Cited by 16 publications

References 57 publications

Expectations About Initial Interaction An Examination of the Effects of Global Uncertainty

Expectations About Initial Interaction An Examination of the Effects of Global Uncertainty

Peer acceptance and self-perceptions of verbal and behavioural aggression and social withdrawal

The relationship between unwillingness to communicate and family communication patterns

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