Title

The Relationship Of Instructor Self-Disclosure, Nonverbal Immediacy, And Credibility To Student Incivility In The College Classroom

Keywords

Classroom Incivility; Instructor Credibility; Instructor Self-Disclosure; Nonverbal Immediacy

Abstract

In this study, we examined the potential mediating role of instructor credibility in the relationship of instructor self-disclosure and nonverbal immediacy to student incivility in the college classroom. Four hundred thirty-eight students completed online questionnaires regarding the instructor of the class they attended prior to the one in which the study was administered. Dimensions of instructor credibility mediated the relationship of instructor self-disclosure valence, instructor disclosure relevance, and nonverbal immediacy, with student incivility. In addition, the dimension of competence mediated the relationship of instructor communicative behaviors with the other two dimensions of credibility. The amount of instructor self-disclosure was not related to the outcome variables. © 2013 National Communication Association.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Communication Education

Volume

63

Issue

1

Number of Pages

1-16

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2013.835054

Socpus ID

84890428086 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84890428086

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