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A further test of immediacy-learning models: A cross-cultural investigation
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
  • Qin Zhang, Fairfield University
  • John G. Oetzel
  • Xiaofang Gao
  • Richard G. Wilcox
  • Jiro Takai
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract

The present study was designed to test and compare the four existing immediacy-learning models, namely the learning model, the motivation model, the affective learning model, and the integrating model, in US, Chinese, German, and Japanese college classrooms. Altogether 695 college students from the four cultures completed the questionnaire, and the results from structural equation modeling indicate that the integrating model produces the best fit to the four-cultural data. Teacher immediacy has both a direct path and indirect paths mediated through affective learning and motivation to cognitive learning. The findings are consistent with both the relevant theories pertinent to immediacy, cognition, and behavior, and previous empirical findings regarding the immediacy-learning relationship.

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Published Citation
Zhang, Qin; Oetzel, John G.; Gao, Xiaofang; Wilcox, Richard G. & Takai, Jiro (2007). "A further test of immediacy-learning models: A cross-cultural investigation." Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 36(1), 1-13.
DOI
10.1080/17475750701265209
Citation Information
Qin Zhang, John G. Oetzel, Xiaofang Gao, Richard G. Wilcox, et al.. "A further test of immediacy-learning models: A cross-cultural investigation" Journal of Intercultural Communication Research Vol. 36 Iss. 1 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/qin_zhang/5/