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Communication Reports

Communication Reports
Volume 11(1), 1998

 
CONTENTS
 
Martin Matthew M., and Anderson, Carolyn M. The cognitive flexibility scale: Three validity studies. 1-9
 
  The complexities of everyday life reinforce the need to be cognitively flexible 
 
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cognition
flexibility
measurement
methodology
interpersonal
 
 
House Ann, Dallinger, Judith M., and Kilgallen, Danni-Lynn. Androgyny and rhetorical sensitivity: The connection of gender and communicator style. 11-20
 
  As currently conceptualized, both gender and communicator style can be described as the product of many small behaviors that individuals enact throughout the day, as well as filters for interpreting and making sense of human behavior 
 
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gender
style
androgyny
sex role
rhetorical sensitivity
interpersonal
 
 
Seiter John S., Larsen, Jarrod, and Skinner, Jacey. "Handicapped" or "handi-capable?": The effects of language about persons with disabilities on perceptions of source credibility and persuasiveness. 21-31
 
  This study examined how four types of language about people with disabilities affected perceptions of communicators' credibility and persuasiveness 
 
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health
disability
credibility
persuasion
interpersonal
 
 
Spitzberg Brian H., Nicastro, Alana M., and Cousins, Amber V. Exploring the interactional phenomenon of stalking and obsessive relational intrusion. 33-47
 
  Obsessive relational intrusion (ORI), and its more extreme relative, stalking, are significant social problems 
 
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stalking
obsessive relational intrustion
victims
interpersonal
aggression
gender
dating
 
 
Allen Mike, Bourhis, John, Emmers-Sommer, Tara, and Sahlstein, Erin. Reducing dating anxiety: A meta-analysis. 49-55
 
  A meta-analysis was used to summarize the existing research on methods of reducing heterosexual date anxiety 
 
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dating
relationships
romance
intimacy
anxiety
apprehension
date rape
pedagogy
interpersonal
 
 
Millar Murray G., and Millar, Karen U. The effects of suspicion on the recall of cues used to make veracity judgments. 57-64
 
  The present study investigated the effects of suspicion on the recall of cues used to make veracity judgments 
 
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suspicion
deception
lying
interpersonal
 
 
Tuggle C. A. The bias toward finding bias in television news. 65-72
 
  An experiment was conducted to determine whether self-reported levels of reliance on television for news, or knowledge that a story was supplied by a non-news entity influenced ratings of bias in the newscast 
 
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television
news
bias
perception
mass
 
 
Ayres Joe, Heuett, Brian, and Sonandre', Debbie Ayres. Testing a refinement in an intervention for communication apprehension. 73-85
 
  This study tested whether visualization, an intervention designed to reduce communication apprehension, could be improved by tailoring it to the information processing characteristics of those using the procedure 
 
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visualization
cognition
information processing
interpersonal
 
 
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