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HETEROSOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
Abstract
This investigation developed a 50-item, seven-interval, Likert-type assessment instrument to measure heterosocial behavior. The eight dimensional measure taps the domains of conditioned anxiety, heterosocial apprehension, heterosocial expectation, heterosocial importance, heterosocial skills, physical attractiveness, activity, and proximity. Construct validity was supported for all dimensions but conditioned anxiety and heterosocial importance. Predictive validity was assessed by means of canonical correlational analysis. Results indicated the emergence of two significant canonical variates. The first canonical variate indicates that heterosocial importance, activity, proximity, heterosocial apprehension, and heterosocial skills predict heterosocial satisfaction and heterosocial quantity while the second canonical variate indicates that conditioned anxiety and physical attractiveness predict heterosocial satisfaction. While these relationships are significant, they account for only a small amount of variance (i.e., 28 percent and 14 percent respectively). Plausible explanations for limited predictive power are: (1) the canonical correlation vector for the relational practices variables is not adequate due to low correlations among the relational practices variables; (2) the relationship between the relational practices variables and heterosocial satisfaction and heterosocial quantity are moderately low; and (3) the criterion variables used in this investigation may lack content validity. Additional research should study other heterosocial assessment measures (i.e., behavioral measures, self-monitoring and self-ratings, and peer-ratings) which can be used for researching the area of minimal dating. In addition, future research needs to examine various treatment approaches, both in package and component form, and the relational practices variables, so as to better place individuals in appropriate treatment programs.
Subject Area
Communication
Recommended Citation
PRISBELL, MARSHALL, "HETEROSOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT" (1981). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8208372.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8208372