Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1994
Publication Title
Communication Quarterly
Abstract
This research used Infante's (1987) conceptualization of trait verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness to analyze adult males’ perceptions of their fathers’ messages. In the present study, fathers’ self‐reports of verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness were used to predict their adult sons’ reports of fathers’ sarcasm, criticism, and global verbal aggressiveness. Results of multivariate regression analyses indicated that (1) fathers’ argumentativeness accounted for a significant percentage of variance in the dependent variable set but did not contribute significantly to the univariate equations and (2) fathers’ verbal aggressiveness explained a significant percentage of the multivariance and contributed significantly to each univariate equation. Overall, the predictor set explained 39.32% of the variance in the dependent variable set. As predicted, the preponderance of the effect (30.05%) was due to fathers’ verbal aggressiveness. Implications are discussed.
DOI
10.1080/01463379409369946
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Quarterly on 01/09/1994, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/[10.1080/01463379409369946.
Recommended Citation
Beatty, Michael J.; Zelley, James R.; Dobos, Jean A.; and Rudd, Jill E., "Fathers' Trait Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness as Predictors of Adult Sons' Perceptions of Fathers' Sarcasm, Criticism, and Verbal Aggressiveness" (1994). Communication Faculty Publications. 63.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clcom_facpub/63
Volume
42
Issue
4
