Title
A Comparison Of The Relationship Between Instructor Nonverbal Immediacy And Teacher Credibility In Brazilian And U.S. Classrooms
Keywords
Brazil; Instructor credibility; Nonverbal immediacy
Abstract
Sixty-six students at a Brazilian university and 100 students at a large university in the Southeastern United States completed measures of nonverbal immediacy and source credibility regarding the instructor in the class immediately prior to the one in which the research took place. Among U.S. students, perceived instructor nonverbal immediacy behavior was positively associated with all 3 dimensions of source credibility: competence, trustworthiness, and caring. Among Brazilian students, instructor nonverbal immediacy was positively related to competence and caring only. The relationship of nonverbal immediacy to instructor competence was stronger Brazilian than it was for U.S. students. © 2011 Eastern Communication Association.
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Publication Title
Communication Research Reports
Volume
28
Issue
3
Number of Pages
266-274
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2011.588583
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
79960495271 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79960495271
STARS Citation
Santilli, Vincent; Miller, Ann Neville; and Katt, James, "A Comparison Of The Relationship Between Instructor Nonverbal Immediacy And Teacher Credibility In Brazilian And U.S. Classrooms" (2011). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 2533.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/2533