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Initiating and reciprocating verbal aggression: Effects on credibility and credited valid arguments

Dominic A. Infante Professor of Communication Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242
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Karen C. Hartley Doctoral Student in Communication Studies, Kent State University
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Matthew M. Martin Doctoral Student in Communication Studies, Kent State University
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Mary Anne Higgins Doctoral Student in Communication Studies, Kent State University
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Stephen D. Bruning Doctoral Student in Communication Studies, Kent State University
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Gyeongho Hur Doctoral Student in Communication Studies, Kent State University
Pages 182-190 | Published online: 22 May 2009

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Mark Hamilton & Dale Hample. (2011) Testing Hierarchical Models of Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness. Communication Methods and Measures 5:3, pages 250-273.
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DominicA. Infante, AndrewS. Rancer & CharlesJ. Wigley III. (2011) In Defense of the Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness Scales. Communication Quarterly 59:2, pages 145-154.
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FeleciaF. Jordan-Jackson, Yang Lin, AndrewS. Rancer & DominicA. Infante. (2008) Perceptions of Males and Females' Use of Aggressive Affirming and Nonaffirming Messages in an Interpersonal Dispute: You've Come a Long Way Baby?. Western Journal of Communication 72:3, pages 239-258.
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DebraL. Worthington. (2005) Exploring the Relationship between Listening Style Preference and Verbal Aggressiveness. International Journal of Listening 19:1, pages 3-11.
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ScottA. Myers. (2001) Perceived instructor credibility and verbal aggressiveness in the college classroom. Communication Research Reports 18:4, pages 354-364.
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ScottA. Myers & KellyA. Rocca. (2001) Perceived instructor argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness in the college classroom: Effects on student perceptions of climate, apprehension, and state motivation. Western Journal of Communication 65:2, pages 113-137.
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Paul Schrodt & LawrenceR. Wheeless. (2001) Aggressive communication and informational reception apprehension: The influence of listening anxiety and intellectual inflexibility on trait argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. Communication Quarterly 49:1, pages 53-69.
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JeffreyW. Kassing, KevinJ. Pearce & DominicA. Infante. (2000) Corporal punishment and communication in father‐son dyads. Communication Research Reports 17:3, pages 237-249.
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CHARLOTTE JORGENSEN, CHRISTIAN KOCK & LONE RORBECH. (1998) Rhetoric That Shifts Votes: An Exploratory Study of Persuasion in Issue-Oriented Public Debates. Political Communication 15:3, pages 283-299.
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TheodoreA. Avtgis, AndrewS. Rancer & PhilipP. Amato. (1998) Self‐handicapping orientation and tendencies toward verbal aggressiveness. Communication Research Reports 15:2, pages 226-234.
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ScottA. Myers. (1998) Instructor socio‐communicative style, argumentativeness, and verbal aggressiveness in the college classroom. Communication Research Reports 15:2, pages 141-150.
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AndrewS. Rancer, Valerie Goff Whitecap, RobertaL. Kosberg & TheodoreA. Avtgis. (1997) Testing the efficacy of a communication training program to increase argumentativeness and argumentative behavior in adolescents. Communication Education 46:4, pages 273-286.
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MatthewM. Martin, CarolynM. Anderson & GrantC. Cos. (1997) Verbal aggression: A study of the relationship between communication traits and feelings about a verbally aggressive television show. Communication Research Reports 14:2, pages 195-202.
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DominicA. Infante. (1995) Teaching students to understand and control verbal aggression. Communication Education 44:1, pages 51-63.
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Anne Maydan Nicotera & AndrewS. Rancer. (1994) The influence of sex on self‐perceptions and social stereotyping of aggressive communication predispositions. Western Journal of Communication 58:4, pages 283-307.
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Mark A. Hamilton & Melissa A. Tafoya. (2011) Toward a Collective Framework on Verbal Aggression. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 31:1, pages 112-130.
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