This study examined the relationship between trait-like communication apprehension and extroversion/introversion. Included in the study was the determination of the shape of the relational curve, the strength of the relationship and an examination of any gender differences. / Two hundred and ninety-two female and 238 male students enrolled in fundamental speech and public speaking classes at two state universities and one private college were administered McCroskey's Personal Report of Communication Apprehension-24 (PRCA) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) scale of extroversion/introversion during the first week of classes. / Descriptive statistics revealed a normally distributed sample for PRCA and a typical distribution for extroversion/introversion. A scattergram between communication apprehension and extroversion/introversion revealed a linear relationship. A Pearson r correlation of.5049 between these two variables was computed. Contingency tables were developed from scatterplots of scores derived from the five levels of communication apprehension and extroversion/introversion for females, for males and for all subjects. The contingency tables confirmed that the communication apprehension/introversion relationship adhered to expectations derived from theory. As the PRCA scores increased, so did the introversion scores. The extroversion/communication apprehension relationship did not seem to fully conform to theory. There were as many extroverts in the extremely high CA category as in the extremely low CA category. / There were no gender differences in the communication apprehension/introversion relationship. / The study verified a moderately strong linear relationship between trait-like communication apprehension and introversion. Replication with other measures of extroversion/introversion is needed to confirm the findings. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A, page: 2922. / Major Professor: Richard R. Lee. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78289 |
| Contributors | Bledsoe, Dwight Lindley., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 115 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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