Sara Labelle
Biographic Data
| ID | 4801068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Labelle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Labelle |
| SIGNATURE | LABELLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chapman University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4998-7278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Longitudinal trajectories of student-to-student confirmation and autonomous motivation throughout a college semester
Guided by confirmation theory and self-determination theory, we conducted a longitudinal exploration of college students’ (N = 400) experiences of student-to-student confirmation and their autonomous motivation to learn throughout a 16-week semester. Results of a multivariate latent growth curve analysis suggested that students who received more confirmation at the beginning of the semester also started with greater autonomous motivation; however…
Student-to-student confirmation
Research on student-to-student communication continues to grow into a robust area of scholarship for instructional communication researchers. The following essay reviews work on student-to-student confirmation and offers distinct recommendations for researchers to advance this area of scholarship. These recommendations include exploring the ways that student-to-student confirmation relates to emerging constructs of interest in the instructional c…
Designing Instructional Crisis Messages for College Emergency Notification Systems
The internalization, distribution, explanation, and action (IDEA) model aids message designers in crafting effective instructional risk and crisis messages. This study applies the IDEA model to a new context (emergency notification systems on college campuses) using a different message length (short-written form). An experiment (N = 124) using manipulation checks revealed that internalization, explanation, and action can be successfully manipulat…
Teaching God’s design
This study sought to advance the growing body of research on communication and instruction outside of the college classroom by exploring the rhetorical and relational goals of religious leaders facilitating premarital education about sex (i.e., sexuality, sexual health, and intimacy). Specifically, 47 evangelical Christians who had taught premarital education content (e.g., counseling, courses, and retreats) completed open-ended surveys regarding…
Graduate students’ privacy boundaries in communicating about mental health with their advisors
The purpose of this study is to understand the decision-making process that graduate students engage in when deciding whether to withhold or disclose information about mental health to their academic advisors. Guided by the principles of the phronetic iterative approach and Communication Privacy Management Theory, a thematic analysis of open-ended survey responses from 81 participants currently enrolled in graduate education revealed several priv…
The contribution of instructional communication research to teaching–learning beyond the classroom
This essay emerged out of class discussion in a Ph.D. seminar on Instructional Communication (IC). As the first author and professor in this course, I have encouraged my students (the remaining aut
Teacher authenticity in the college classroom
The purpose of the current investigation is to examine the self-reported messages and behaviors teachers enact to demonstrate their (in)authentic selves to students. Using a thematic analysis of open-ended survey responses from 51 collegiate instructors, results indicate that teachers demonstrate authenticity through openness and a growth mindset. Further, instructors were motivated to be authentic for four reasons: modeling humility, connection,…
A Qualitative Analysis of Playing Through Pain and Injury
Each year, thousands of athletes suffer from sport-related pain and injury, with many of these individuals reporting playing through this pain or injury. In order to garner a better understanding as to how youth athletes view these behaviors, as well as the communicative factors that may play a part in the formation of these beliefs, college student participants responded to an online open-ended questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavi…
The relationship of student-to-student confirmation in the classroom to college students’ mental health and well-being
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of student-to-student confirmation on college students’ self-reported mental health and well-being. It was proposed that confirming messages work to reduce indicators of mental illness (i.e., depression, stress, and anxiety), which in turn affect students’ mental health (i.e., psychological well-being). College students (N = 412) completed a survey questionnaire. Results of correlational and med…
Confirmation in the college classroom
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationships between teachers’ confirmation of students and student-to-student confirmation. Survey results (N = 332) indicate that the interactive teaching-style dimension of teacher confirmation is associated with all three dimensions of student-to-student confirmation. The responding to student questions dimension of teacher confirmation was not related to any student-to-student confirmatio…
The relationship of student-to-student confirmation and student engagement
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student-to-student confirmation messages and engagement in a course. Students’ reception of confirming messages was not related to silent in class behaviors. The results of this study have implications for the growing body of research on student communication in the college classroom, as well as practical implications for teachers looking to increase students’ engagement in a cours…
Addressing student precarities in higher education
"[T]his essay will focus on how we, as scholars of communication and instruction, can address, mitigate, and even illuminate these issues of precarity in our pedagogy, our scholarship, and our professional lives. This argument is centered on three key premises: (1) it is the responsibility of instructors to care about student precarities, (2) as instructional scholars and experts in communication, we are well prepared to mitigate these precaritie…
Attachment, Identity Gaps, and Communication and Relational Outcomes in Marital Couples’ Public Performances
Marital couples’ public performances require the joint communication of two individuals to present a unique entity—the relationship, while remaining true to each partner’s identity. As such, couples are at a greater risk of experiencing identity gaps and their adverse effects. In this study, 153 married couples completed measures about their attachment, personal-enacted and couple-enacted identity gaps, their degrees of communication satisfaction…
Discussions of sexual health testing
To investigate how individuals seek and disclose information related to testing for sexually transmitted infections ( STIs ) in sexual relationships, this study utilizes the revised theory of motivated information management ( TMIM ; Afifi & Morse, 2009). As part of a longitudinal design, 199 participants completed questionnaires assessing TMIM constructs. The hypothesized model was supported for individuals as seekers and providers of informatio…
Discussions of sexual health testing
To investigate how individuals seek and disclose information related to testing for sexually transmitted infections ( STIs ) in sexual relationships, this study utilizes the revised theory of motivated information management ( TMIM ; Afifi & Morse, 2009). As part of a longitudinal design, 199 participants completed questionnaires assessing TMIM constructs. The hypothesized model was supported for individuals as seekers and providers of informatio…
Attachment, Identity Gaps, and Communication and Relational Outcomes in Marital Couples’ Public Performances
Marital couples’ public performances require the joint communication of two individuals to present a unique entity—the relationship, while remaining true to each partner’s identity. As such, couples are at a greater risk of experiencing identity gaps and their adverse effects. In this study, 153 married couples completed measures about their attachment, personal-enacted and couple-enacted identity gaps, their degrees of communication satisfaction…
Discussions of sexual health testing
To investigate how individuals seek and disclose information related to testing for sexually transmitted infections ( STIs ) in sexual relationships, this study utilizes the revised theory of motivated information management ( TMIM ; Afifi & Morse, 2009). As part of a longitudinal design, 199 participants completed questionnaires assessing TMIM constructs. The hypothesized model was supported for individuals as seekers and providers of informatio…
Attachment, Identity Gaps, and Communication and Relational Outcomes in Marital Couples’ Public Performances
Marital couples’ public performances require the joint communication of two individuals to present a unique entity—the relationship, while remaining true to each partner’s identity. As such, couples are at a greater risk of experiencing identity gaps and their adverse effects. In this study, 153 married couples completed measures about their attachment, personal-enacted and couple-enacted identity gaps, their degrees of communication satisfaction…
Confirmation in the college classroom
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationships between teachers’ confirmation of students and student-to-student confirmation. Survey results (N = 332) indicate that the interactive teaching-style dimension of teacher confirmation is associated with all three dimensions of student-to-student confirmation. The responding to student questions dimension of teacher confirmation was not related to any student-to-student confirmatio…
The relationship of student-to-student confirmation and student engagement
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student-to-student confirmation messages and engagement in a course. Students’ reception of confirming messages was not related to silent in class behaviors. The results of this study have implications for the growing body of research on student communication in the college classroom, as well as practical implications for teachers looking to increase students’ engagement in a cours…
Addressing student precarities in higher education
"[T]his essay will focus on how we, as scholars of communication and instruction, can address, mitigate, and even illuminate these issues of precarity in our pedagogy, our scholarship, and our professional lives. This argument is centered on three key premises: (1) it is the responsibility of instructors to care about student precarities, (2) as instructional scholars and experts in communication, we are well prepared to mitigate these precaritie…
The relationship of student-to-student confirmation in the classroom to college students’ mental health and well-being
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of student-to-student confirmation on college students’ self-reported mental health and well-being. It was proposed that confirming messages work to reduce indicators of mental illness (i.e., depression, stress, and anxiety), which in turn affect students’ mental health (i.e., psychological well-being). College students (N = 412) completed a survey questionnaire. Results of correlational and med…
A Qualitative Analysis of Playing Through Pain and Injury
Each year, thousands of athletes suffer from sport-related pain and injury, with many of these individuals reporting playing through this pain or injury. In order to garner a better understanding as to how youth athletes view these behaviors, as well as the communicative factors that may play a part in the formation of these beliefs, college student participants responded to an online open-ended questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavi…
The contribution of instructional communication research to teaching–learning beyond the classroom
This essay emerged out of class discussion in a Ph.D. seminar on Instructional Communication (IC). As the first author and professor in this course, I have encouraged my students (the remaining aut
Teacher authenticity in the college classroom
The purpose of the current investigation is to examine the self-reported messages and behaviors teachers enact to demonstrate their (in)authentic selves to students. Using a thematic analysis of open-ended survey responses from 51 collegiate instructors, results indicate that teachers demonstrate authenticity through openness and a growth mindset. Further, instructors were motivated to be authentic for four reasons: modeling humility, connection,…
Student-to-student confirmation
Research on student-to-student communication continues to grow into a robust area of scholarship for instructional communication researchers. The following essay reviews work on student-to-student confirmation and offers distinct recommendations for researchers to advance this area of scholarship. These recommendations include exploring the ways that student-to-student confirmation relates to emerging constructs of interest in the instructional c…
Designing Instructional Crisis Messages for College Emergency Notification Systems
The internalization, distribution, explanation, and action (IDEA) model aids message designers in crafting effective instructional risk and crisis messages. This study applies the IDEA model to a new context (emergency notification systems on college campuses) using a different message length (short-written form). An experiment (N = 124) using manipulation checks revealed that internalization, explanation, and action can be successfully manipulat…
Teaching God’s design
This study sought to advance the growing body of research on communication and instruction outside of the college classroom by exploring the rhetorical and relational goals of religious leaders facilitating premarital education about sex (i.e., sexuality, sexual health, and intimacy). Specifically, 47 evangelical Christians who had taught premarital education content (e.g., counseling, courses, and retreats) completed open-ended surveys regarding…
Graduate students’ privacy boundaries in communicating about mental health with their advisors
The purpose of this study is to understand the decision-making process that graduate students engage in when deciding whether to withhold or disclose information about mental health to their academic advisors. Guided by the principles of the phronetic iterative approach and Communication Privacy Management Theory, a thematic analysis of open-ended survey responses from 81 participants currently enrolled in graduate education revealed several priv…
Longitudinal trajectories of student-to-student confirmation and autonomous motivation throughout a college semester
Guided by confirmation theory and self-determination theory, we conducted a longitudinal exploration of college students’ (N = 400) experiences of student-to-student confirmation and their autonomous motivation to learn throughout a 16-week semester. Results of a multivariate latent growth curve analysis suggested that students who received more confirmation at the beginning of the semester also started with greater autonomous motivation; however…
Psychology (14 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (9 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Online and Blended Learning (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Student engagement (4 works)