Teaching Interpersonal Communication through an Analysis of Students' Initial Interaction: A Q-Methodological Study of Styles in Meeting People.

Autor/in	Aitken, Joan E.
Titel	Teaching Interpersonal Communication through an Analysis of Students' Initial Interaction: A Q-Methodological Study of Styles in Meeting People.
Quelle	(1990), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Body Language; College Students; Communication Research; Discourse Analysis; Higher Education; Interpersonal Attraction; Interpersonal Communication; Personality Assessment; Personality Measures; Personality Traits; Q Methodology; Rapport; Social Cognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpersprache; Collegestudent; Kommunikationsforschung; Diskursanalyse; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interpersonale Anziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Kognition
Abstract	A study categorized self-perceptions of subjects regarding their feelings about initial communication interaction. Using Q-Technique, a total of 138 subjects, mostly students at a midsized, midwestern, urban university enrolled in interpersonal communication courses, were studied through the use of two structured Q-sorts containing statements about nonverbal communication, verbal communication, physical setting, social setting, and decisionmaking. The development of the measure was used as a means of teaching students about interaction and context in the initial stage of relational development. Results indicated there were six communicator styles: (1) the "tentative communicator" who is rhetorically sensitive; (2) the "deliberate communicator" who thinks he or she makes definitive judgments about first impressions; (3) the "searching communicator" who is apprehensive; (4) the "open communicator" who is nonjudgmental; (5) the "particular communicator" who is critically judgmental; and (6) the "awkward communicator" who is caring but lacks skills. (Two tables of data are included; 51 references are attached.) (Author/TD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC