Relationship Among Willingness to Listen, Receiver Apprehension, Communication Apprehension, Communication Competence, and Dogmatism
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Description
The purpose of this research was to investigate whether people vary in their willingness to listen and whether this variable has any relationship to dogmatism, receiver apprehension, Self-Perceived Communication Competence (SPCC), or communication apprehension. A refined version of the Willingness-To-Listen (WTL) instrument was used to test these relationships. The results indicated that the WTL scale is a reliable and valid measure of an individual's habitual propensity to listen. WTL was found to be positively related to communication skills and negatively related to receiver apprehension, sender-based communication apprehension, and dogmatism.
Citation Information
Roberts, Charles V.; and Vinson, Larry. 1998. Relationship Among Willingness to Listen, Receiver Apprehension, Communication Apprehension, Communication Competence, and Dogmatism. International Journal of Listening. Vol.12(1). 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.1998.10499018 ISSN: 1090-4018