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- Title
Compulsive Communication in the Classroom: Is the Talkaholic Teacher a Misbehaving Instructor?
- Authors
Sidelinger, Robert J.; Bolen, Derek M.
- Abstract
From the frame of expectancy violations theory, we examined the associations between instructors' compulsive communication and three instructor misbehaviors: irresponsibility, derisiveness, and apathy. Results revealed that students who perceived their instructors as compulsive communicators also perceived them as misbehaving. Next, we determined if nonverbal immediacy mediates the associations between instructors' compulsive communication and instructor misbehaviors, as well as student affective learning. Results revealed that nonverbal immediacy partially mediated the relationships between compulsive communication and the misbehaviors of irresponsibility and apathy, and fully mediated the negative associations between compulsive communication and students' affect for instructor and course.
- Subjects
EXPECTANCY violations theory; COMMUNICATIONS research; LEARNING; NONVERBAL immediacy; HIGHER education; GRADE repetition
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2015, Vol 79, Issue 2, p174
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/10570314.2014.943416