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Desire for control and communication-related personality variables.

Authors :
MacIntyre PD
Donovan LA
Source :
Psychological reports [Psychol Rep] 2004 Apr; Vol. 94 (2), pp. 581-2.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

In a sample of 95 university students, scores on a measure of desire for control correlated .37 with willingness to communicate, supporting the notion of control as a motive for communication and also correlated .43 with self-perceived communication competence but not with communication apprehension.

Subjects

Subjects :
Adult
Anxiety classification
Anxiety psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data
Students psychology
Communication
Personality classification
Power, Psychological

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0033-2941
Volume :
94
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Psychological reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
15154189
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.2.581-582
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