A brief validity report for the instructor strictness scales: relationships with instructor communication styles

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Abstract

Researchers have begun using strictness as a framework for better understanding the communicative nature of classroom enforcement strategies. In pursuit of operationalizing this construct, the purpose of this study was to provide extended validity evidence for the Evaluative, Regulatory, and Interactive instructor strictness scales through hypothesized relationships with different instructor communication styles: perceived instructor verbal aggressiveness, assertiveness, and responsiveness. Analyses revealed that the strictness subdimensions were positively related to verbal aggressiveness and assertiveness and inversely related to instructor responsiveness. However, on three occasions, students’ reports of strictness related to Norms, Availability, and Testing were not significantly related to assertiveness. Implications for the future study of instructor strictness using the proposed scales are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-155
Number of pages10
JournalCommunication Research Reports
Volume40
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

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Keywords

  • flexibility
  • instructor style
  • strictness
  • verbal aggressiveness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication

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