The influence of self‐construals, family and teacher communication patterns on communication apprehension among college students in Taiwan

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between self‐construals, family and teacher communication patterns, and communication apprehension (CA) among college students in Taiwan. This study surveyed 203 students who were enrolled in a required course at a large University in northern Taiwan. Participants completed the Chinese‐version of self‐report measures of communication apprehension, self‐construals, family communication patterns, and teacher communication patterns. The results indicated that independent self‐construals and conversation‐oriented teacher communication patterns were negatively related to CA among Taiwan college students. Individuals who held more independent views of the self and who received more encouragement from their teachers to speak up were less likely to be highly apprehensive in communication.