Temperament and Brain Systems as Predictors of Assertive Communication Traits

Abstract

Previous research has shown a relationship between measures of the big three (extroversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism) and similar validated measures (behavior activation scale, BAS and behavioral inhibition system, BIS) of activation and inhibition systems. The purpose of this study was to compare the extraversion (E) and neuroticism (N) measures with the BAS and BIS measures to determine how well they can predict an individual's assertive communication traits. Results of this investigation indicated that the E and N measures were substantially better overall predictors of assertive communication traits.

Notes

Jodi Sauders Wahba is at Arizona State University and James C. McCroskey (DEd, Pennsylvania State University, 1966) is Professor of Communication Studies at West Virginia University.

Since the BAS/BIS measure does not have a component comparable to the psychoticism dimension of the big three, psychoticism was not measured in this study.

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Notes on contributors

James C. McCroskey

Jodi Sauders Wahba is at Arizona State University and James C. McCroskey (DEd, Pennsylvania State University, 1966) is Professor of Communication Studies at West Virginia University.