Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook

Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in newer subdisciplines in communication, including intercultural, family, and health. It also includes measures from outside the communication discipline that have been employed in communication research. The measures profiled here are "the best of the best" from the early 1990s through today. They are models for future scale development as well as tools for the trade, and they constitute the main tools that researchers can use for self-administered measurement of people's attitudes, conceptions of themselves, and perceptions of others. The focus is on up-to-date measures and the most recent scales and indexes used to assess communication variables. Providing suggestions for measurement of concepts of interest to researchers; inspiring students to consider research directions not considered previously; and supplying models for scale developers to follow in terms of the work necessary to produce a valid and reliable measurement instrument in the discipline, the authors of this key resource have developed a significant contribution toward improving measurement and providing measures for better science. Part I Measurement Trends and Issues Measurement in Family Communication – Elizabeth E. Graham & Joseph P. Mazer Measurement in Organizational and Group Communication – David R. Seibold Measurement in Health Communication – Nichole Egbert & Rebecca B. Rubin Measurement in Instructional Communication – Rebecca B. Rubin Measurement in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication – David R. Seibold, Rebecca B. Rubin, & Alan M. Rubin Measurement in Interpersonal Communication -- Elizabeth E. Graham & Scott Titsworth Measurement in Mass Communication – Elizabeth M. Perse Part II Measure Profiles Affectionate Communication Index Attachment Style Measure Aukland Individualism and Collectivism Scale Child-Parent Communication Apprehension Cognitive Elaboration Scale Communication Functions Questionnaire Communicative Response to Romantic Jealousy Scale Family Communication Standards Instrument Group Development Questionnaire Humor Orientation Scale Individuals’ Criteria for Telling Family Secrets Intercultural Development Inventory Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale Interpersonal Dominance Instrument Learne