J Donald Ragsdale
Biographic Data
| ID | 5595679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Donald Ragsdale |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Donald |
| FAMILY NAME | Ragsdale |
| SIGNATURE | RAGSDALE J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Attachment Style and Gender as Predictors of Relational Repair Among the Remarried Rationale for the Study
This study examined the construct of relational repair among remarried persons with an instrument developed to measure repair strategies used by the remarried. It utilized accommodation theory and its connection to commitment to form hypotheses, which predicted connections between the independent variables of attachment style and gender and the dependent variables of relational repair strategies and types of commitment. Multivariate analysis of v…
Attachment Style and Tolerance for Ambiguity Effects on Relational Repair Message Interpretation Among Remarrieds
This study examined the role of the dispositional variables of attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity on the interpretation of relational repair messages. Respondents completed questionnaires that measured attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity and made interpretations of hypothetical repair messages from their spouses with varying levels of equivocation. The resulting interpretations were measured along the dimensions of honesty, com…
Verbal and nonverbal methods for expressing appreciation in friendships and romantic relationships
Asked, But Not Answered
This reply is merely the latest installment in a set of disagreements begun with Ragsdale's (1996) study. That being the case, it might be helpful to reflect again on that article. It was an effort
Could Relational Maintenance in Marriage Really Be Like Grocery Shopping? A Reply to Stafford and Canary
Individual Differences in the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriage
This study examined individual communicator variables reasoned to predict the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage. These variables were self-monitor-ing, concern for appropriateness, and Machiavellianism. The study revealed that in-dividual communicator variables were predictive of several relational maintenance strategies, especially among husbands, specifically these were the concern for appro-priateness subscales of attention …
Gender, satisfaction level, and the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage
Previous research on the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage was replicated and extended by examining diary logs of 103 married couples kept over a two‐week period. Gender differences within the marital dyads were examined. Additionally, the effect of relational satisfaction or comparison level was explored, in terms of an interdependence theory explanation of relational maintenance strategy use. The results showed significant di…
Relational Communication Competence in High and Low Christian Religious Commitment
Audience Response to Religious Fear Appeals
Hesitation Phenomena in the Spontaneous Speech of Normal and Articulatory-Defective Children
The utterances of 40 children aged five to six and equally distributed as to age, sex, and group — normal or articulatory-defective - were recorded unobtrusively. Samples of each recording were analyzed for eight categories of hesitation phenomena. Retest recordings were made and analyzed for 16 of the subjects to assess temporal reliability of the hesitation phenomena. The results showed that, like adults, the children used ah phenomena and repe…
Distribution of Kinesic Hesitation Phenomena in Spontaneous Speech
Forty college student volunteers, equally divided by sex, participated in a study of vocal hesitations and kinesic hesitation phenomena in an anxiety-producing interview conducted by male and female interviewers. The vocal hesitations were of Mahl's non-ah type and included sentence change, repetition, stutter, omission, sentence incompletion, tongue slip, and intruding incoherent sounds. The kinesic hesitation phenomena included head, hand, arm,…
Relationships Between Hesitation Phenomena, Anxiety, and Self-Control in a Normal Communication Situation
This study investigated relationships between three categories of hesitation phenomena, anxiety as measured by Welsh's Anxiety Index, and self-control as measured by Welsh's Internalization Ratio. The three categories of hesitation phenomena were ah and its variants, non-ah (stutters, repetitions, etc.), and silent pause. Since previous research had concentrated primarily upon psychiatric interviews, this study focused on a normal, interpersonal …
Predicting Pronunciation and Listening Skills of Native Speakers of Spanish
using English. The conscientious teacher spends considerable time particularly in constructing, administering, and grading tests of pronunciation and of listening even in the relatively short space of a typical course. One of the most crucial stages in this assessment process is at the point where the student has mastered enough English to consider applying for entrance into an American college or university. Here, the testing of language skills …
Issues in phonological theory
(1967). Issues in phonological theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 256-263
Invention in English “stylistic” rhetorics
(1965). Invention in English “stylistic” rhetorics: 1600–1800. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 164-167
Gender, satisfaction level, and the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage
Previous research on the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage was replicated and extended by examining diary logs of 103 married couples kept over a two‐week period. Gender differences within the marital dyads were examined. Additionally, the effect of relational satisfaction or comparison level was explored, in terms of an interdependence theory explanation of relational maintenance strategy use. The results showed significant di…
Individual Differences in the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriage
This study examined individual communicator variables reasoned to predict the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage. These variables were self-monitor-ing, concern for appropriateness, and Machiavellianism. The study revealed that in-dividual communicator variables were predictive of several relational maintenance strategies, especially among husbands, specifically these were the concern for appro-priateness subscales of attention …
Distribution of Kinesic Hesitation Phenomena in Spontaneous Speech
Forty college student volunteers, equally divided by sex, participated in a study of vocal hesitations and kinesic hesitation phenomena in an anxiety-producing interview conducted by male and female interviewers. The vocal hesitations were of Mahl's non-ah type and included sentence change, repetition, stutter, omission, sentence incompletion, tongue slip, and intruding incoherent sounds. The kinesic hesitation phenomena included head, hand, arm,…
Verbal and nonverbal methods for expressing appreciation in friendships and romantic relationships
Relationships Between Hesitation Phenomena, Anxiety, and Self-Control in a Normal Communication Situation
This study investigated relationships between three categories of hesitation phenomena, anxiety as measured by Welsh's Anxiety Index, and self-control as measured by Welsh's Internalization Ratio. The three categories of hesitation phenomena were ah and its variants, non-ah (stutters, repetitions, etc.), and silent pause. Since previous research had concentrated primarily upon psychiatric interviews, this study focused on a normal, interpersonal …
Asked, But Not Answered
This reply is merely the latest installment in a set of disagreements begun with Ragsdale's (1996) study. That being the case, it might be helpful to reflect again on that article. It was an effort
Could Relational Maintenance in Marriage Really Be Like Grocery Shopping? A Reply to Stafford and Canary
Attachment Style and Tolerance for Ambiguity Effects on Relational Repair Message Interpretation Among Remarrieds
This study examined the role of the dispositional variables of attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity on the interpretation of relational repair messages. Respondents completed questionnaires that measured attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity and made interpretations of hypothetical repair messages from their spouses with varying levels of equivocation. The resulting interpretations were measured along the dimensions of honesty, com…
Predicting Pronunciation and Listening Skills of Native Speakers of Spanish
using English. The conscientious teacher spends considerable time particularly in constructing, administering, and grading tests of pronunciation and of listening even in the relatively short space of a typical course. One of the most crucial stages in this assessment process is at the point where the student has mastered enough English to consider applying for entrance into an American college or university. Here, the testing of language skills …
Invention in English “stylistic” rhetorics
(1965). Invention in English “stylistic” rhetorics: 1600–1800. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 164-167
Issues in phonological theory
(1967). Issues in phonological theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 256-263
Predicting Pronunciation and Listening Skills of Native Speakers of Spanish
using English. The conscientious teacher spends considerable time particularly in constructing, administering, and grading tests of pronunciation and of listening even in the relatively short space of a typical course. One of the most crucial stages in this assessment process is at the point where the student has mastered enough English to consider applying for entrance into an American college or university. Here, the testing of language skills …
Relationships Between Hesitation Phenomena, Anxiety, and Self-Control in a Normal Communication Situation
This study investigated relationships between three categories of hesitation phenomena, anxiety as measured by Welsh's Anxiety Index, and self-control as measured by Welsh's Internalization Ratio. The three categories of hesitation phenomena were ah and its variants, non-ah (stutters, repetitions, etc.), and silent pause. Since previous research had concentrated primarily upon psychiatric interviews, this study focused on a normal, interpersonal …
Distribution of Kinesic Hesitation Phenomena in Spontaneous Speech
Forty college student volunteers, equally divided by sex, participated in a study of vocal hesitations and kinesic hesitation phenomena in an anxiety-producing interview conducted by male and female interviewers. The vocal hesitations were of Mahl's non-ah type and included sentence change, repetition, stutter, omission, sentence incompletion, tongue slip, and intruding incoherent sounds. The kinesic hesitation phenomena included head, hand, arm,…
Hesitation Phenomena in the Spontaneous Speech of Normal and Articulatory-Defective Children
The utterances of 40 children aged five to six and equally distributed as to age, sex, and group — normal or articulatory-defective - were recorded unobtrusively. Samples of each recording were analyzed for eight categories of hesitation phenomena. Retest recordings were made and analyzed for 16 of the subjects to assess temporal reliability of the hesitation phenomena. The results showed that, like adults, the children used ah phenomena and repe…
Audience Response to Religious Fear Appeals
Relational Communication Competence in High and Low Christian Religious Commitment
Gender, satisfaction level, and the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage
Previous research on the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage was replicated and extended by examining diary logs of 103 married couples kept over a two‐week period. Gender differences within the marital dyads were examined. Additionally, the effect of relational satisfaction or comparison level was explored, in terms of an interdependence theory explanation of relational maintenance strategy use. The results showed significant di…
Individual Differences in the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriage
This study examined individual communicator variables reasoned to predict the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage. These variables were self-monitor-ing, concern for appropriateness, and Machiavellianism. The study revealed that in-dividual communicator variables were predictive of several relational maintenance strategies, especially among husbands, specifically these were the concern for appro-priateness subscales of attention …
Asked, But Not Answered
This reply is merely the latest installment in a set of disagreements begun with Ragsdale's (1996) study. That being the case, it might be helpful to reflect again on that article. It was an effort
Could Relational Maintenance in Marriage Really Be Like Grocery Shopping? A Reply to Stafford and Canary
Attachment Style and Gender as Predictors of Relational Repair Among the Remarried Rationale for the Study
This study examined the construct of relational repair among remarried persons with an instrument developed to measure repair strategies used by the remarried. It utilized accommodation theory and its connection to commitment to form hypotheses, which predicted connections between the independent variables of attachment style and gender and the dependent variables of relational repair strategies and types of commitment. Multivariate analysis of v…
Attachment Style and Tolerance for Ambiguity Effects on Relational Repair Message Interpretation Among Remarrieds
This study examined the role of the dispositional variables of attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity on the interpretation of relational repair messages. Respondents completed questionnaires that measured attachment style and tolerance for ambiguity and made interpretations of hypothetical repair messages from their spouses with varying levels of equivocation. The resulting interpretations were measured along the dimensions of honesty, com…
Verbal and nonverbal methods for expressing appreciation in friendships and romantic relationships
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works)