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Part I. Communication Reviews And Commentaries

Oral Communication Apprehension: A Reconceptualization

Pages 136-170 | Published online: 18 May 2016

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Pavica Sheldon & Lynn Johnson Ware. (2023) Understanding the Relationship between Communication Competence and Social Media Use. Southern Communication Journal 88:3, pages 229-239.
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JamesW. Neuliep, Michelle Chadouir & JamesC. McCroskey. (2003) A cross‐cultural test of the association between temperament and communication apprehension. Communication Research Reports 20:4, pages 320-330.
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MatthewM. Martin, Kristin Marie Valencic & AlanD. Heisel. (2002) The relationship between students’ communication apprehension and their motives for communicating with their instructors. Communication Research Reports 19:1, pages 1-7.
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MichelleA. Mazur, RyanJ. Burns & TaraM. Emmers‐Sommer. (2000) Perceptions of relational interdependence in online relationships: The effects of communication apprehension and introversion. Communication Research Reports 17:4, pages 397-406.
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Robert Lemieux, Roxanne Parrott & Karen Ogata Jones. (1999) I'm lonely and apprehensive: The presentation of stigmatizing information in personal ads. Communication Research Reports 16:4, pages 353-359.
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Min-Sun Kim. (1999) Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Motivations of Verbal Communication: Review, Critique, and a Theoretical Framework. Annals of the International Communication Association 22:1, pages 51-89.
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Karen Kangas Dwyer & AnaM. Cruz. (1998) Communication apprehension, personality, and grades in the basic course: Are there correlations?. Communication Research Reports 15:4, pages 436-444.
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Miles L. Patterson & Vicki Ritts. (1997) Social and Communicative Anxiety: A Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of the International Communication Association 20:1, pages 263-303.
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GerianneM. Johnson, AnnQ. Staton & CherylR. Jorgensen‐Earp. (1995) An ecological perspective on the transition of new university freshmen. Communication Education 44:4, pages 336-352.
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John McGuire, Cherise Stauble, David Abbott & Randy Fisher. (1995) Ethical issues in the treatment of communication apprehension: A survey of communication professionals. Communication Education 44:2, pages 98-109.
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Ann Bainbridge Frymier & CatherineA. Thompson. (1995) Using student reports to measure immediacy: Is it a valid methodology?. Communication Research Reports 12:1, pages 85-93.
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LawrenceR. Wheeless & LonnieA. Parsons. (1995) What you feel is what you might get: Exploring communication apprehension and sexual communication satisfaction. Communication Research Reports 12:1, pages 39-45.
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Gail Sorensen. (1993) Social Science: A Framework for Communication Inquiry. Annals of the International Communication Association 16:1, pages 557-572.
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KevinL. Hutchinson & JamesW. Neuliep. (1993) The influence of parent and peer modeling on the development of communication apprehension in elementary school children. Communication Quarterly 41:1, pages 16-25.
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Lynne Kelly & James Keaten. (1992) A test of the effectiveness of the reticence program at the Pennsylvania state university. Communication Education 41:4, pages 361-374.
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PhilipM. Ericson & JohnW. Gardner. (1992) Two longitudinal studies of communication apprehension and its effects on college students' success. Communication Quarterly 40:2, pages 127-137.
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Judith Sanders, Robert Gass, Richard Wiseman & Jon Bruschke. (1992) Ethnic comparison and measurement of argumentativeness, verbal aggressiveness, and need for cognition. Communication Reports 5:1, pages 50-56.
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Katherine Hawkins & RobertA. Stewart. (1991) Effects of communication apprehension on perceptions of leadership and intragroup attraction in small task‐oriented groups. Southern Communication Journal 57:1, pages 1-10.
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TimothyR. Levine & StevenA. McCornack. (1991) The dark side of trust: Conceptualizing and measuring types of communicative suspicion. Communication Quarterly 39:4, pages 325-340.
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Steven Michael Ralston, Robert Ambler & JosephN. Scudder. (1991) Reconsidering the impact of racial differences in the college public speaking classroom on minority student communication anxiety. Communication Reports 4:1, pages 43-50.
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Lynne Kelly, RobertL. Duran & John Stewart. (1990) Rhetoritherapy revisited: A test of its effectiveness as a treatment for communication problems. Communication Education 39:3, pages 207-226.
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JamesC. McCroskey, Steven Booth‐Butterfield & StevenK. Payne. (1989) The impact of communication apprehension on college student retention and success. Communication Quarterly 37:2, pages 100-107.
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ValerieC. Downs, Manoochehr Javidi & JonF. Nussbaum. (1988) A comparative analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and loneliness for elderly nursing home and non‐nursing home residents. Western Journal of Speech Communication 52:4, pages 308-320.
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Steven Booth‐Butterfield. (1988) Inhibition and student regall of instructional messages. Communication Education 37:4, pages 312-324.
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H. Thomas Hurt & Theresa Gonzalez. (1988) Communication apprehension and distorted self‐disclosure: The hidden disabilities of hearing‐impaired students. Communication Education 37:2, pages 106-117.
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Joe Ayres & TheodoreS. Hopf. (1987) Visualization, systematic desensitization, and rational emotive therapy: A comparative evaluation. Communication Education 36:3, pages 236-240.
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MichaelD. Miller. (1987) The relationship of communication reticence and negative expectations. Communication Education 36:3, pages 228-235.
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StephenP. Banks, DayleM. Altendorf, JohnO. Greene & MichaelJ. Cody. (1987) An examination of relationship disengagement: Perceptions, breakup strategies and outcomes. Western Journal of Speech Communication 51:1, pages 19-41.
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MichaelR. Neer. (1987) The development of an instrument to measure classroom apprehension. Communication Education 36:2, pages 154-166.
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Virginia Eman Wheeless. (1987) Female patient and physician communication and discussion of gynecological health care issues. Southern Speech Communication Journal 52:2, pages 198-211.
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RobertS. Littlefield & TimothyL. Sellnow. (1987) The use of self‐disclosure as a means for reducing stage fright in beginning speakers. Communication Education 36:1, pages 62-64.
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JamesC. McCroskey, VirginiaP. Richmond & LeonardM. Davis. (1986) Apprehension about communicating with supervisors: A test of a theoretical relationship between types of communication apprehension. Western Journal of Speech Communication 50:2, pages 171-182.
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MichaelJ. Beatty & GregoryS. Andriate. (1985) Communication apprehension and general anxiety in the prediction of public speaking anxiety. Communication Quarterly 33:3, pages 174-184.
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JamesC. McCroskey, MichaelJ. Beatty, Patricia Kearney & TimothyG. Plax. (1985) The content validity of the PRCA‐24 as a measure of communication apprehension across communication contexts. Communication Quarterly 33:3, pages 165-173.
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JamesC. McCroskey & MichaelJ. Beatty. (1984) Communication apprehension and accumulated communication state anxiety experiences: A research note. Communication Monographs 51:1, pages 79-84.
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