Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine the associations among interpersonal trust, listening anxiety, and verbal aggression in young adult romantic relationships. Listening anxiety is a factor of informational reception apprehension (IRA; Wheeless, Preiss, & Gayle, 1997) derived/ram the perception of one's inability to effectively process information while listening. Undergraduate students (N = 307) from a Midwestern university completed an online questionnaire. Results revealed that listening anxiety was negatively associated with interpersonal trust and that interpersonal trust was negatively associated with verbal aggression. Further, there was a significant indirect effect of listening anxiety on verbal aggression through interpersonal trust, but only for those currently in a romantic relationship (n = 127). The findings are discussed as they relate to the importance of trust in a relationship and how trust can be perceived differently for those in romantic relationships.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
48
Issue
2
First Page
96
Last Page
112
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hoskins, Natalie S.; Woszidlo, Alesia; and Kunkel, Adrianne
(2016)
"Words Can Hurt the Ones You Love: Interpersonal Trust as it Relates to Listening Anxiety and Verbal Aggression,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 48:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol48/iss2/3
Copyright
©2016 Iowa Communication Association
