Date of Graduation
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
Virginia P. Richmond
Abstract
The current study examined receiver and listening behaviors from a communibiological point of view. Communibiology proposes that particular communication variables are predictable by individual inborn processes. These inborn processes make up our individual temperament. Therefore, the apprehension variables were measured to determine if they were predicted by temperament. Individual temperament was measured using Eysenck’s Big Three measurement of extroversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. The dependent variables were then regressed to determine if they were predictable by all three temperament variables and/or by one of individual variables. College undergraduates (N = 325) voluntarily participated in the study. Results indicate mixed support for the underpinnings of communibiology and suggestions are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Hayhurst, Jamie Lynn, "The Big Three as related to receiver apprehension and listening behaviors." (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD). 10653.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10653