TY - JOUR
T1 - Argumentativeness, Religious Orientation, and Reactions to Argument Situations Involving Religious versus Nonreligious Issues
AU - Stewart, Robert A.
AU - Roach, K. David
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - Based on the interactionist perspective of argumentative communication, this study examined college students' reactions to two separate argument situations varying as to whether or not the argument issue conveyed religious connotations. Situation was coupled with four types of religious orientation and three levels of argumentativeness to create a three-way interaction model. Dependent variables were willingness to argue, value expectancy, and affective response associated with the argument situation. Results indicated a two-way interaction between argumentativeness and religious orientation on willingness to argue, argumentativeness main effects on willingness to argue and value expectancy, and religious orientation main effects on all three dependent variables. A main effect for argument issue occurred only for affective response. Implications of these findings for the interactionist perspective to argumentativeness are discussed.
AB - Based on the interactionist perspective of argumentative communication, this study examined college students' reactions to two separate argument situations varying as to whether or not the argument issue conveyed religious connotations. Situation was coupled with four types of religious orientation and three levels of argumentativeness to create a three-way interaction model. Dependent variables were willingness to argue, value expectancy, and affective response associated with the argument situation. Results indicated a two-way interaction between argumentativeness and religious orientation on willingness to argue, argumentativeness main effects on willingness to argue and value expectancy, and religious orientation main effects on all three dependent variables. A main effect for argument issue occurred only for affective response. Implications of these findings for the interactionist perspective to argumentativeness are discussed.
KW - Argumentativeness
KW - Interactionist Perspective
KW - Reactions to Argument
KW - Religious Connotation
KW - Religious Orientation
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U2 - 10.1080/01463379309369865
DO - 10.1080/01463379309369865
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79551705466
VL - 41
SP - 26
EP - 39
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
SN - 0146-3373
IS - 1
ER -