Surviving or thriving? Demographics differences in mindset across the introductory communication course

To shelter or unshelter? An analysis of international students’ experience in introductory communication courses

“…Students in sheltered sections had the opposite experience and saw increases in each of these outcomes over the course of the semester. Since PSA, Communication Mindset, and Communication Efficacy are typically correlated with student performance and engagement, involve self-focused cognitions, and are related to beliefs about public speaking (Nordin & Broeckelman-Post, 2019, 2020; Stewart et al, 2019), this is a cause for concern. These results might be an indication that pathways students are more comfortable and gaining greater confidence in the sheltered sections of the course, compared to the unsheltered sections of the course where they might be comparing themselves negatively to other students in the class who have more experience speaking English and, for many, more experience with public speaking due to cultural expectations and factors.…”

“…Communication mindset is the degree to which a student has a growth mindset for communication skills specifically, and a belief that students can improve their communication skills with effort and persistence (Nordin and Broeckelman-Post, 2019). Communication mindset has been associated with stronger public speaking performance, lower public speaking anxiety, interpersonal communication competence, self-perceived communication competence, student engagement, self-efficacy, and more sophisticated beliefs about public speaking (Nordin & Broeckelman-Post, 2019, 2020; Stewart et al, 2019).…”

“…Although Communication Mindset is the belief that it is possible for an individual to improve their communication skills through effort and practice, Communication Efficacy is an individual’s beliefs about whether they have the ability to communicate effectively (Nordin and Broeckelman-Post, 2020). The American Psychological Association (nd) defines self-efficacy as “an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.” Self-efficacy has been studied as both a trait (e.g., Chen et al, 2001) and as a domain-specific state (e.g., Bandura, 1986) that can vary in magnitude, strength, and generality (Bandura, 1977).…”

“…The American Psychological Association (nd) defines self-efficacy as “an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.” Self-efficacy has been studied as both a trait (e.g., Chen et al, 2001) and as a domain-specific state (e.g., Bandura, 1986) that can vary in magnitude, strength, and generality (Bandura, 1977). Communication self-efficacy has been associated with a broad range of positive communication and academic outcomes (see Nordin and Broeckelman-Post, 2020).…”

The mediating effect of mindfulness and self-compassion on leaders' communication competence and job satisfaction

“…Rubin and Martin (1994) conducted the initial reliability procedures of this measure and achieved a Cronbach's alpha of 0.86 and also established concurrent validity among similar constructs such as communication and cognitive communication flexibility. Researchers have documented that the internal reliability of this scale ranges from 0.86 to 0.89 when examining adult samples (Nordin and Broeckelman-Post, 2020;Xu et al, 2019). Because of this scale's consistent high internal reliability and validity, this scale continues to be used effectively given its ability to capture general characteristics of communication competence such as self-disclosure, assertiveness, interaction management, supportiveness and immediacy.…”