Reliability and Validity of the Willingness to Communicate Scale

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 16-25

  McCroskey, James C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication apprehension; communication competence; reticence; shyness; social anxiety; talkativeness; verbal behavior; Willingness to communicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863343604     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379209369817     Document Type: Article

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