Understanding Out-of-Class Communication Between Instructors and Students: Student Biological Sex, Psychological Gender, and Status as a Communication Major

Brooks Aylor, La Salle University
Patrice Opplinger, La Salle University

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Out-of-class communication (OCC) has been found to be valuable for the professional, academic, and personal development of students and instructors. To better understand and promote these interactions, the current study examined student characteristics associated with OCC frequency, satisfaction and content. Consistent with research in other communication contexts, students' levels of masculinity and femininity-but not biological sex-were associated with increased informal ace, satisfaction with ace, and use of OCC to socialize with instructors. Further, we found significant differences between communication students and instructors and non-communication students and instructors.

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Aylor, Brooks and Opplinger, Patrice (2002) "Understanding Out-of-Class Communication Between Instructors and Students: Student Biological Sex, Psychological Gender, and Status as a Communication Major," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 34: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol34/iss1/5

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