The reticent speaker: etiology and treatment

Phillips, Gerald M.; Metzger, Nancy J.

doi:10.1016/0021-9924(73)90021-x

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“…The subjective evaluation of the shy person her/himself is the engine that drives the initial expectation and the person's evaluation of the failure in the real encounter. Second, even when shy or socially phobic people use skills to diminish anxiety, they still see this as a failure and the improved skill set can become a confirmation of their ineptitude (Phillips & Metzger, 1973;Wells et al, 1995). This can also be true for anxiety-easing drugs.…”

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A Rose by Any Other Name Is Still a Rose: A Comparative Analysis of Reticence, Communication Apprehension, Unwillingness to Communicate, and Shyness

Kelly

1982

Human Comm Res

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Theorists claim that reticence, communication apprehension, unwillingness to communicate. and shyness are different problems, but the interrelationships among those constructs has not been systematically explored. The purpose of this paper is to examine theoretical assumptions underlying these four constructs regarding the nature of the problem, how it is identified, its etiology, and proposed solutions. This analysis reveals that the four labels do not denote four discrete problems; rather, the constructs overlap to a great extent. A systematic interview in conjunction with self-report scales is recommended as the means of identification of the problem, since present methods do not provide a precise account of the specific nature of individual difficulties. The particular treatment used should depend on the exact nature of the problem as it is reported by the individual, rather than applying one specific mode of treatment in every case.In recent years there has been a flurry of interest in a communication disorder encompassing several speech-related difficulties, including anxiety about, avoidance of, and ineptitude at communicating. A variety of labels has appeared in speech communication and social psychology literature, particularly reticence (

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The Cross-Situational Consistency of Communicative Behaviors

Hewes

Haight

1979

Communication Research

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Cappella for their ideas and criticisms.Personality traits are widely employed as antecedent variables in the explanation of communicative behaviors. This study explored the legitimacy of the use of traits by focusing on the conceptual and empirical justification for one assumption of the trait approach: "cross-situational consistency. " This assumption was not supported for the traits of "reticence" or 'predisposition toward verbal behavior." Evidence also raised questions concerning the general validity of this assumption for other, familiar trait variables. Alternative conceptualizations of the trait/behavior relationship were reviewed and briefly critiqued.The purported link between personality and communication behaviors has been the focus of increasing amounts of empirical investigation in the field of communication. Personality variables such as Machiavellianism, selfconcept, introversion, anomie, dogmatism, and anxiety have all been considered as antecedents of an array of communicative acts. Most recently communication scholars have developed a set of personality variables uniquely derived from within our field. Exemplifying this trend are at

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The reticent speaker: etiology and treatment

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A Rose by Any Other Name Is Still a Rose: A Comparative Analysis of Reticence, Communication Apprehension, Unwillingness to Communicate, and Shyness

The Cross-Situational Consistency of Communicative Behaviors

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