Silence Isn't Necessarily Golden: Communication Apprehension, Desired Social Choice, and Academic Success Among Middle-School Students

Abstract

Communication apprehension was found to be significantly negatively related to both middle-school students' attitudes toward school and final grades. In addition, communication apprehension was found to influence the choice of desired others made by students and their teacher in a classroom communication network. In general, communication apprehensive students were found not to be considered desirable communication choices by their peers.

Relationships Among Teacher Communication Style, Trait and State Communication Apprehension and Teacher Effectiveness

“…Finally, previous research reported that students' trait CA predicted attitudes toward school in general (Hurt & Preiss, 1978). Perhaps trait CA is negatively associated with generalized or traitlike attitudes toward school, but this investigation found no such relationship for specific attitudes toward a class.…”

A longitudinal study of college students’ communication competence

“…High apprehensives score lower on their SAT scores than low apprehensives and have lower grade point averages (McCroskey & Andersen, 1976), and lower grades in the basic course and on performance assignments (Powers & Smythe, 1980). High apprehensives have more negative attitudes towards school and their final grades (Hurt & Preiss, 1978). Both teachers (Smythe & Powers, 1978) and peers (Hurt & Preiss, 1978) develop negative perceptions about high apprehensives' potential for academic and social success.…”

“…High apprehensives have more negative attitudes towards school and their final grades (Hurt & Preiss, 1978). Both teachers (Smythe & Powers, 1978) and peers (Hurt & Preiss, 1978) develop negative perceptions about high apprehensives' potential for academic and social success.…”

Research in communication and instruction: Categorization and synthesis

“…scores than either moderate or high apprehensives, 55 while CA was negatively correlated to junior high students' attitudes toward school and final grades. 56 Finally, an hypothesized relationship was not found between community size and a person's level of CA. 57 A second set of studies included five articles examining the relationship between college student CA and achievement.…”