title: Sex differences in instructional dissent.
abstract: This study examined sex differences in students' expression of instructional dissent and the role that an instructor's sex plays in spurring this dissent. Participants were 446 undergraduate students (M age = 20.1 yr., SD = 2.8; 148 men, 290 women, 8 unreported) who completed the Instructional Dissent Scale (IDS) and provided demographic information. Results indicated small effects for student sex and instructor sex on IDS scores. Female students reported communicating more expressive dissent than male students, whereas male students reported communicating more rhetorical dissent and vengeful dissent than female students. Students also directed vengeful dissent more towards male instructors than female instructors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, 108 Armstrong Hall, PO Box 6293, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. agoodboy@mail.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Alan K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Goodboy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult