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- Title
Priest as Teacher I: Understanding Source Credibility.
- Authors
Horan, Sean M.; Raposo, Peter C. J.
- Abstract
This study is the first in the Priest As Teacher series, which applies instructional communication research to the church. To that end, this first study examined Catholic parishioners' perceptions of their priests' credibility to see how it related to perceived nonverbal immediacy and socio-communicative orientation (e.g., assertiveness and responsiveness). Perceptions of priests' credibility were directly related to perceived immediacy, priests' responsiveness and, to a lesser extent, assertiveness. Parishioners' perceptions of credibility were key in understanding their own reports of nonverbal responsiveness during mass. Implications, limitations, and future research are discussed.
- Subjects
ATTITUDES of Catholics; CATHOLIC clergy; TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood -- Religious aspects; ASSERTIVENESS (Psychology); NONVERBAL immediacy; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Communication & Religion, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0894-2838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/jcr20133614