title: Associations of self-esteem with communication style.
abstract: The study investigated the relation of scores on self-esteem and communication style using the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and Communications Style Profile for 282 men and 133 women. Analysis showed the group with high self-esteem scores preferred a direct, straightforward, result-oriented, dominating, and assertive communication style, whereas those with low self-esteem preferred to have a warm, supportive, socially oriented, sharing, and expressive communication style. Men's and women's scores on self-esteem were not significantly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. vng@hss.iitkgp.ernet.in
authors.forename: Vijai N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Giri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires