An Exploratory Study of Message Affect Behavior: A Comparison between African Americans and Euro-Americans.

Rogan, Randall G.; Hammer, Mitchell R.

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Publication Date: 1998

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An Exploratory Study of Message Affect Behavior: A Comparison between African Americans and Euro-Americans.

Rogan, Randall G.; Hammer, Mitchell R.

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, v17 n4 p449-64 Dec 1998

Used the language intensity/message affect coding metric developed by R. Rogan and M. Hammer to evaluate variability in the language of 160 Euro-American and African-American college students responding to a free-response scenario. Results indicate significant differences in the level of affect present in messages communicated by the two groups. (SLD)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Black Students, Coding, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Expressive Language, Higher Education, Language Patterns, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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