The Development of Interpersonal Communication Scale: The Study of Validity and Reliability


Interpersonal communication is one of the crucial elements of human communication. Interpersonal communication has some authentic features. It is inescapable. Not communicating is not an option; even the act of not communicating communicates something. It is also irreversible, complex and contextual. All these characteristics make interpersonal communication as a communicative phenomenon to be studied in depth. This study reports the development process of an interpersonal communication scale. As a result of reliability and validity studies a seven-item questionnaire is developed in order to investigate interpersonal communication tendencies of persons. Interpersonal Communication Scale (ICS) has two factors: External Perception and Internal Disseverance. External Perception defines an i


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interpersonal communication, external perception, internal disseverance

Author : Öznur ATAŞ AKDEMİR -- Jared M. CAMPBELL
Number of pages: 859-872
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.11272
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Journal of Turkish Studies
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