Ioana A Cionea
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 101430 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ioana A Cionea |
| PRENOMES | Ioana A |
| SOBRENOME | Cionea |
| ASSINATURA | CIONEA I A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4764-4482 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
To Trust or Not to Trust
This study examined communication messages and behaviors expatriates and host nationals relied on to make sense of whom to (continue) trust(ing) in a multinational corporation, using sensemaking theory. Thirty-two participants (16 Japanese expatriates and 16 U.S. host nationals) were recruited from a Japanese manufacturing company in the U.S. Semi-structured individual interviews revealed that expatriates and host nationals relied on one’s compet…
The effects of praise and criticism in instructor feedback on student perceptions
This manuscript reports the results of a study that examined the effects of instructor feedback on students and perceptions of instructor credibility. Specifically, undergraduate students (N = 466) participated in an online pretest posttest experiment in which they completed pretest measures of their self-efficacy and affect, read feedback from a hypothetical instructor, then completed posttest measures of the same variables as well as ratings of…
Revisiting Sojourners’ Identity Transformation
This study examined communication’s role in Davis United World College Scholars international students’ multicultural identity development. Thirty-two participants were interviewed, and data was analyzed using constant comparative analysis. Half of the participants developed multicultural identity, thirteen developed intercultural identity, and three experienced rootlessness. Six communication themes (e.g., engaging in fellowship, classroom discu…
Racializing Accents
This study reports the results of an experiment ( N = 502) investigating how speakers are socially categorized based on accent (Standard American English [SAE] or Nigerian) and race (White or Black) separately and concurrently, as well as the intergroup outcomes of such categorizations as mediated by language attitudes (status, solidary, and dynamism). Findings revealed that SAE-accented speakers were evaluated more favorably than Nigerian-accent…
Without trust, we can’t really do any work”
Purpose Scholars acknowledge that trust relationships between expatriates and host nationals are important; however, previous research has demonstrated that one’s culture affects how individuals define trust, which can influence how trust is developed between expatriates and host nationals. In addition, trust can affect communication between expatriates and host nationals in many ways. Therefore, this study examined how US host nationals and Japa…
Am I incompetent or just afraid? Competence and apprehension as predictors of intercultural willingness to communicate
Self-perceived intercultural communication competence and intercultural communication apprehension have been recognized as key factors affecting one's intercultural willingness to communicate, but not much attention has been paid to their simultaneous effects. Through a cross-sectional survey of college students in the United States (N = 281), this study examined the predictive power of self-perceived intercultural communication competence and in…
All they see is black”
The United States experienced rising racial tensions in 2020 due to several brutal killings of Black people. Given this context, this study examined how Nigerian immigrants experienced race and how these experiences affected their identity negotiation strategies as Black in the United States. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians (N = 68) who grew up in Nigeria but resided in the United States at the time o…
In-Laws, Communication, and Other Frustrations
Although intercultural marriages are increasing in number every year, there is still little research examining the unique aspects of these relationships. This paper reports results from two exploratory studies into the challenges individuals within intercultural marriages in the United States face and how they manage them. Study 1 (N = 93) explored the most reported challenges in intercultural marriages. Findings indicated these challenges includ…
Serving the Greater Social Good for Personal Gain
Asynchronous, anonymous online debaters might be less likely than face-to-face debaters to value their public self-image ( face), and thus disagree more freely. In this study, we examined whether polite disagreements (as opposed to rude ones) help online debaters win over audience members. An analysis of the most voted-on 100 political debates on Debate.org (200 debaters; 1,750 voters; 472,652 words) showed that debate initiators who used politer…
What Predicts Relational Satisfaction in Intercultural Relationships? A Culture and Relational Models Perspective
The goal of this study was to investigate the cultural predictors of relational satisfaction in intercultural marriages: self-construals, power distance, and relational models. Participants in an intercultural marriage (N = 248) completed an online questionnaire assessing these variables. Results indicated that both self-construals and power distance predicted relational satisfaction, as did the communal sharing relational model. Mediation analys…
A New Scale for Measuring Identity Insecurity
Although theory and research have discussed identity insecurity as a factor that influences intercultural communication behaviors, no reliable measure has been presented to capture this construct. This paper reports results from three studies designed to test and validate a new measure of identity insecurity. Study 1 (N = 173) included item generation and exploratory factor analysis, revealing five unidimensional identity insecurity factors, term…
Protest Structures
This study examined how Nigerian immigrants communicated about, and got involved in, #BlackLivesMatter protests and/or advocacy due to racialized violence against Blacks in the United States during the summer of 2020. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians ( N = 70) was assembled. Constant comparative analysis revealed that communication about and participation in the BLM movement consisted of affective (fee…
Argument interdependence
This study examined the predictive utility of a new construct-argument interdependence-on serial argument goals (positive relational expressiveness, mutual understanding, desire to change the other person, negative expressiveness, dominance, desire to hurt the other while benefitting the self, and relational termination), tactics arguers report using to accomplish their goals (integrative and distributive), and arguers' change in relational satis…
A cross-cultural comparison of expectations in romantic relationships
This research investigated romantic expectations in a cross-cultural comparison of India and the United States (US). The study was grounded in expectancy violations theory (EVT), which argues that expectancies are a universal phenomenon whose content is influenced by communicator, relational, and contextual factors. The expectations of romantic partners in the two countries were assessed in conjunction with relational models, sex, and gender role…
Talking Turkey
Four hundred and seventy-nine undergraduates reported on family discussions about the 2016 election that occurred over that same year’s Thanksgiving break. Family Communication Patterns Theory was used to predict the perceived outcomes of such discussion on family members. Higher conversation orientation predicted a more positive perceived effect of political talk on family closeness. Perceived similarity of political views partially moderated th…
Modeling Serial Argument Goals, Tactics, and Their Effects on Arguers’ Satisfaction in the Case of Three Ethnic Groups in the United States
This manuscript reports research investigating the serial argument process model in the case of Asians/Asian-Americans, Blacks/African-Americans, and Caucasians/European-Americans (N = 581). Individuals’ goals in serial arguments were connected to the tactics they reported using to accomplish their goals, and, further, to any changes in their relational satisfaction following an argument. The study also examined the influence of one’s strength of…
An English scale for measuring mobile phone appropriation
The mobile phone appropriation (MPA) scale, originally developed in German, was translated into and adapted to English and initially validated through a confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) in this study. First, the theoretical background of the MPA model is briefly introduced, followed by explanations regarding the process of translating the original German scale into English (and its back-translation). English data CFA results are discussed in c…
Understanding Argumentation in Interpersonal Communication
In this chapter, we review an important distinction in interpersonal argumentation between public-issue arguments and personal-issue arguments. Public-issue arguments focus on concerns outside an interpersonal dyad, whereas personal-issue arguments focus on issues tied closely to an interpersonal relationship. These two types of interpersonal arguments differ in terms of who argues about these topics, how argumentative episodes are interpreted an…
Serial arguments in inter-ethnic relationships
Serial arguments in inter-ethnic relationships
Talking Turkey
Four hundred and seventy-nine undergraduates reported on family discussions about the 2016 election that occurred over that same year’s Thanksgiving break. Family Communication Patterns Theory was used to predict the perceived outcomes of such discussion on family members. Higher conversation orientation predicted a more positive perceived effect of political talk on family closeness. Perceived similarity of political views partially moderated th…
Am I incompetent or just afraid? Competence and apprehension as predictors of intercultural willingness to communicate
Self-perceived intercultural communication competence and intercultural communication apprehension have been recognized as key factors affecting one's intercultural willingness to communicate, but not much attention has been paid to their simultaneous effects. Through a cross-sectional survey of college students in the United States (N = 281), this study examined the predictive power of self-perceived intercultural communication competence and in…
In-Laws, Communication, and Other Frustrations
Although intercultural marriages are increasing in number every year, there is still little research examining the unique aspects of these relationships. This paper reports results from two exploratory studies into the challenges individuals within intercultural marriages in the United States face and how they manage them. Study 1 (N = 93) explored the most reported challenges in intercultural marriages. Findings indicated these challenges includ…
Protest Structures
This study examined how Nigerian immigrants communicated about, and got involved in, #BlackLivesMatter protests and/or advocacy due to racialized violence against Blacks in the United States during the summer of 2020. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians ( N = 70) was assembled. Constant comparative analysis revealed that communication about and participation in the BLM movement consisted of affective (fee…
A cross-cultural comparison of expectations in romantic relationships
This research investigated romantic expectations in a cross-cultural comparison of India and the United States (US). The study was grounded in expectancy violations theory (EVT), which argues that expectancies are a universal phenomenon whose content is influenced by communicator, relational, and contextual factors. The expectations of romantic partners in the two countries were assessed in conjunction with relational models, sex, and gender role…
All they see is black”
The United States experienced rising racial tensions in 2020 due to several brutal killings of Black people. Given this context, this study examined how Nigerian immigrants experienced race and how these experiences affected their identity negotiation strategies as Black in the United States. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians (N = 68) who grew up in Nigeria but resided in the United States at the time o…
A New Scale for Measuring Identity Insecurity
Although theory and research have discussed identity insecurity as a factor that influences intercultural communication behaviors, no reliable measure has been presented to capture this construct. This paper reports results from three studies designed to test and validate a new measure of identity insecurity. Study 1 (N = 173) included item generation and exploratory factor analysis, revealing five unidimensional identity insecurity factors, term…
Argument interdependence
This study examined the predictive utility of a new construct-argument interdependence-on serial argument goals (positive relational expressiveness, mutual understanding, desire to change the other person, negative expressiveness, dominance, desire to hurt the other while benefitting the self, and relational termination), tactics arguers report using to accomplish their goals (integrative and distributive), and arguers' change in relational satis…
An English scale for measuring mobile phone appropriation
The mobile phone appropriation (MPA) scale, originally developed in German, was translated into and adapted to English and initially validated through a confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) in this study. First, the theoretical background of the MPA model is briefly introduced, followed by explanations regarding the process of translating the original German scale into English (and its back-translation). English data CFA results are discussed in c…
Serial arguments in inter-ethnic relationships
Understanding Argumentation in Interpersonal Communication
In this chapter, we review an important distinction in interpersonal argumentation between public-issue arguments and personal-issue arguments. Public-issue arguments focus on concerns outside an interpersonal dyad, whereas personal-issue arguments focus on issues tied closely to an interpersonal relationship. These two types of interpersonal arguments differ in terms of who argues about these topics, how argumentative episodes are interpreted an…
An English scale for measuring mobile phone appropriation
The mobile phone appropriation (MPA) scale, originally developed in German, was translated into and adapted to English and initially validated through a confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) in this study. First, the theoretical background of the MPA model is briefly introduced, followed by explanations regarding the process of translating the original German scale into English (and its back-translation). English data CFA results are discussed in c…
Modeling Serial Argument Goals, Tactics, and Their Effects on Arguers’ Satisfaction in the Case of Three Ethnic Groups in the United States
This manuscript reports research investigating the serial argument process model in the case of Asians/Asian-Americans, Blacks/African-Americans, and Caucasians/European-Americans (N = 581). Individuals’ goals in serial arguments were connected to the tactics they reported using to accomplish their goals, and, further, to any changes in their relational satisfaction following an argument. The study also examined the influence of one’s strength of…
A cross-cultural comparison of expectations in romantic relationships
This research investigated romantic expectations in a cross-cultural comparison of India and the United States (US). The study was grounded in expectancy violations theory (EVT), which argues that expectancies are a universal phenomenon whose content is influenced by communicator, relational, and contextual factors. The expectations of romantic partners in the two countries were assessed in conjunction with relational models, sex, and gender role…
Talking Turkey
Four hundred and seventy-nine undergraduates reported on family discussions about the 2016 election that occurred over that same year’s Thanksgiving break. Family Communication Patterns Theory was used to predict the perceived outcomes of such discussion on family members. Higher conversation orientation predicted a more positive perceived effect of political talk on family closeness. Perceived similarity of political views partially moderated th…
Argument interdependence
This study examined the predictive utility of a new construct-argument interdependence-on serial argument goals (positive relational expressiveness, mutual understanding, desire to change the other person, negative expressiveness, dominance, desire to hurt the other while benefitting the self, and relational termination), tactics arguers report using to accomplish their goals (integrative and distributive), and arguers' change in relational satis…
Serving the Greater Social Good for Personal Gain
Asynchronous, anonymous online debaters might be less likely than face-to-face debaters to value their public self-image ( face), and thus disagree more freely. In this study, we examined whether polite disagreements (as opposed to rude ones) help online debaters win over audience members. An analysis of the most voted-on 100 political debates on Debate.org (200 debaters; 1,750 voters; 472,652 words) showed that debate initiators who used politer…
What Predicts Relational Satisfaction in Intercultural Relationships? A Culture and Relational Models Perspective
The goal of this study was to investigate the cultural predictors of relational satisfaction in intercultural marriages: self-construals, power distance, and relational models. Participants in an intercultural marriage (N = 248) completed an online questionnaire assessing these variables. Results indicated that both self-construals and power distance predicted relational satisfaction, as did the communal sharing relational model. Mediation analys…
A New Scale for Measuring Identity Insecurity
Although theory and research have discussed identity insecurity as a factor that influences intercultural communication behaviors, no reliable measure has been presented to capture this construct. This paper reports results from three studies designed to test and validate a new measure of identity insecurity. Study 1 (N = 173) included item generation and exploratory factor analysis, revealing five unidimensional identity insecurity factors, term…
Protest Structures
This study examined how Nigerian immigrants communicated about, and got involved in, #BlackLivesMatter protests and/or advocacy due to racialized violence against Blacks in the United States during the summer of 2020. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians ( N = 70) was assembled. Constant comparative analysis revealed that communication about and participation in the BLM movement consisted of affective (fee…
In-Laws, Communication, and Other Frustrations
Although intercultural marriages are increasing in number every year, there is still little research examining the unique aspects of these relationships. This paper reports results from two exploratory studies into the challenges individuals within intercultural marriages in the United States face and how they manage them. Study 1 (N = 93) explored the most reported challenges in intercultural marriages. Findings indicated these challenges includ…
Racializing Accents
This study reports the results of an experiment ( N = 502) investigating how speakers are socially categorized based on accent (Standard American English [SAE] or Nigerian) and race (White or Black) separately and concurrently, as well as the intergroup outcomes of such categorizations as mediated by language attitudes (status, solidary, and dynamism). Findings revealed that SAE-accented speakers were evaluated more favorably than Nigerian-accent…
Without trust, we can’t really do any work”
Purpose Scholars acknowledge that trust relationships between expatriates and host nationals are important; however, previous research has demonstrated that one’s culture affects how individuals define trust, which can influence how trust is developed between expatriates and host nationals. In addition, trust can affect communication between expatriates and host nationals in many ways. Therefore, this study examined how US host nationals and Japa…
Am I incompetent or just afraid? Competence and apprehension as predictors of intercultural willingness to communicate
Self-perceived intercultural communication competence and intercultural communication apprehension have been recognized as key factors affecting one's intercultural willingness to communicate, but not much attention has been paid to their simultaneous effects. Through a cross-sectional survey of college students in the United States (N = 281), this study examined the predictive power of self-perceived intercultural communication competence and in…
All they see is black”
The United States experienced rising racial tensions in 2020 due to several brutal killings of Black people. Given this context, this study examined how Nigerian immigrants experienced race and how these experiences affected their identity negotiation strategies as Black in the United States. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians (N = 68) who grew up in Nigeria but resided in the United States at the time o…
To Trust or Not to Trust
This study examined communication messages and behaviors expatriates and host nationals relied on to make sense of whom to (continue) trust(ing) in a multinational corporation, using sensemaking theory. Thirty-two participants (16 Japanese expatriates and 16 U.S. host nationals) were recruited from a Japanese manufacturing company in the U.S. Semi-structured individual interviews revealed that expatriates and host nationals relied on one’s compet…
The effects of praise and criticism in instructor feedback on student perceptions
This manuscript reports the results of a study that examined the effects of instructor feedback on students and perceptions of instructor credibility. Specifically, undergraduate students (N = 466) participated in an online pretest posttest experiment in which they completed pretest measures of their self-efficacy and affect, read feedback from a hypothetical instructor, then completed posttest measures of the same variables as well as ratings of…
Revisiting Sojourners’ Identity Transformation
This study examined communication’s role in Davis United World College Scholars international students’ multicultural identity development. Thirty-two participants were interviewed, and data was analyzed using constant comparative analysis. Half of the participants developed multicultural identity, thirteen developed intercultural identity, and three experienced rootlessness. Six communication themes (e.g., engaging in fellowship, classroom discu…
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