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Bettini, Lorraine M.; Robinson, James D. – 1989
A study was conducted to test the relationship between communication apprehension (CA) and learning. Subjects were 194 college students at a midwestern university enrolled in an introductory speech course who were divided by scores on the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA). The groups heard a class presentation and were then…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education
Watson, Arden K.; And Others – 1986
A cross-cultural study was undertaken to examine levels of communication apprehension reported by five- to eleven-year-old subjects in the United States and Sweden. The approach was twofold: the examination of elementary age subjects and the use of their native language. The Personal Report of Communication Fear was administered to 186 males and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Communication Apprehension
Download full textBuxton, Toni – 1997
This study examined communication apprehension (CA) as a potential barrier to student academic success. Prior research implicated CA as a primary predictor of both interpersonal and academic success. Based on the past research of J. McCroskey and others, it was hypothesized that high CA students would maintain lower grade point averages (GPA) and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems
Stowell, Jessica – 1992
A study investigated whether excessive television viewing coupled with communication suppression by parents in the preschool years had a distinct impact on the development of communication apprehension (CA) in children and on college-age young people. Subjects (average age 21.8 years and 99% Caucasian) were selected from speech classes at a…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Child Development, College Students, Communication Apprehension
Campbell, D. Gail – 1995
A study on basic speech assessment replicated an earlier one except that in place of the CCAI and the Competent Speaker form, the Self-Perceived Public Speaking Competency Scale (SPPSC) was used. Also, 2 randomly selected control groups of students were added to the research design: one consisting of 62 students who had not taken speech and were…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Gorcyca, Diane A.; Leonard, Jessica G.; Cronk, Brian C.; Olesen, Kirsten B. – 1997
Comparisons were conducted to assess the impact of levels of communication apprehension (CA) on students in a traditional hybrid basic course against students placed in freshmen interest group (FIG) settings. This investigation assessed the impact of the FIG classroom at an open admissions 4-year college on reduction of communication apprehension…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
