Article
The relationship between students’ communication apprehension and their motives for communicating with their instructors
Communication Research Reports
(2002)
Abstract
People with high communication apprehension talk less and are less satisfied in their communication with others. In the classroom, students high in communication apprehension talk less, are less motivated, and are less successful than students low in communication apprehension. The intention of this study was to focus on how students’ trait communication apprehension was related to their motives for communicating with their instructors. Findings show that the motives of relational, participation, and functional are negatively related to communication apprehension.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
DOI
10.1080/08824090209384826
Citation Information
Matthew M. Martin, Kristin Marie Valencic and Alan D. Heisel. "The relationship between students’ communication apprehension and their motives for communicating with their instructors" Communication Research Reports Vol. 19 Iss. 1 (2002) p. 1 - 7 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alan-heisel/14/