The relationship of communication reticence and negative expectations

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Abstract
This investigation tested the hypothesis that as communication reticence increases, expectations of success in communication situations decrease. The utilization of multiple operationalizations of both communication reticence and expectations of success allowed for a number of internal replications of statistical tests of the hypothesis. Results of the research provide strong support for the hypothesis across the operationalizations of communication reticence and of expectations of success. A research question concerning the predictive utility of employing multiple measures of reticence as compared to single operationalizations was also investigated. The use of multiple measures of communication reticence did not meaningfully add to the predictive power of the model.