Personality and Attitude Change in Electronic Discussions

Authors

Emily Russell, University of Northern IowaFollow
Dana Binder, University of Northern IowaFollow
Allison Sievers, University of Northern IowaFollow
Coryn Lowe, University of Northern Iowa
Helen C. Harton, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Research Paper

Abstract

44 introductory psychology students at the University of Northern Iowa discussed social and political issues over ICQ chat software for approximately 25 minutes. Prior to the discussion, participants completed dominance, self-esteem, and shyness measures and an attitude pretest. Those high in dominance were more likely to initiate conversations, and those high in self-esteem contributed more to conversations. In addition, high initiators and those high in dominance and self-esteem and low in shyness were less likely to change their attitudes on some issues.

Publication Date

2000

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

136

Last Page

140

Copyright

©2000 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Recommended Citation

Russell, Emily; Binder, Dana; Sievers, Allison; Lowe, Coryn; and Harton, Helen C. (2000) "Personality and Attitude Change in Electronic Discussions," Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 20.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol4/iss1/20