Comparative Analysis of Intercultural Communication Apprehension Displayed by International Students in the US Interacting with American Students and Other Internationals

Author

Laura Nunez Quero

Abstract

This study compares the levels of intercultural communication apprehension of two groups of international students in the United States when interacting with American students and with each other. These groups are Indian students and Dominican students. Results indicate no significant difference on the levels of anxiety that both populations experience while interacting interculturally. However, in both cases, subjects with a poorer dominance of the English language, regardless of other variables such as gender and age, experience higher levels of intercultural communication apprehension (ICA).

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Students, Foreign--Attitudes; Students--Foreign--Psychology; Intercultural communication

Publication Date

12-14-2014

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Communication and Media Technologies (MS)

Department, Program, or Center

Department of Communication (CLA)

Advisor

Patrick Scanlon

Advisor/Committee Member

Keith B. Jenkins

Advisor/Committee Member

Danielle Smith

Comments

Physical copy avaiable from RIT's Wallace Library at LB2376.4 .N86 2014

Recommended Citation

Nunez Quero, Laura, "Comparative Analysis of Intercultural Communication Apprehension Displayed by International Students in the US Interacting with American Students and Other Internationals" (2014). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/8569

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

COMMTCH-MS