Citation

Myers SA, Rocca KA. Psychol. Rep. 2000; 87(1): 291-294.

Affiliation

Department of Communication Studies, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. scotia@creighton.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11026427

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between college students' (107 men, 123 women) state motivation and their instructors' perceived use of 10 verbally aggressive messages, e.g., attacks on competence, character, background, and physical appearance; malediction, teasing, ridicule, threats, swearing, or nonverbal symbols. Significant negative correlations were obtained between students' state motivation and instructors' use of seven verbally aggressive messages: attacks on competence, character, or background, malediction, ridicule, threats, and nonverbal symbols. These findings suggest that these types of verbally aggressive messages are related to students' state motivation whereas attacks on physical appearance, teasing, and swearing by the instructor are not related to students' state motivation.

Language: en