Further examination of nonverbal manifestations of interaction involvement

This research was undertaken in the interest of corroborating expected and unexpected findings of an earlier study of interaction involvement and nonverbal behavior. Some support was found for the prediction that involvement would relate positively to object‐focused gesturing and eye gaze and negatively to body‐focused gesturing and body movement. No support was found for earlier sex differences in high‐ and low‐involved individuals’ nonverbal behavior.

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Donald J. Cegala is Professor of Communication at Ohio State University; Alan L. Sillars is Associate Professor of Interpersonal Communication at the University of Montana.