Communication traits: A cross‐generalization investigation
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Research Reports
- Vol. 13 (1) , 58-67
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08824099609362071
Abstract
This study considered age and sex differences on aggressive and responsive communication traits. Participants reported their argumentativeness, verbal aggressiveness, communication apprehension, assertiveness, responsiveness, cognitive flexibility, and affective orientation. Significant interactions were found for argumentativeness, verbal aggressiveness, dyadic communication apprehension, and cognitive flexibility. There were main effects for age and sex for responsiveness and affective orientation, and a main effect for sex for assertiveness. Implications are that studying age along with sex allows for a better understanding of differences on communication traitsKeywords
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