The Effects of Individual Differences and Self-Consciousness on Nonverbal Decoding Accuracy
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Nonverbal decoding refers to the act of recognizing and interpreting the meaning of other people’s nonverbal cues. Decoding skills vary depending on many factors such as personality and environment (Knapp & Hall, 2009). The present study focused on six individual difference measures (the EPI, IOS, PSI, SCS-R, 20-item Shyness Scale, and TSIS) and an experimentally manipulated variable of self-consciousness, to determine their relationship with nonverbal decoding accuracy on two tasks: the METT and the VNDT. The results indicated that four individual difference measures—extraversion, sociability, shyness, and moving toward others—interacted at significant levels with the self-consciousness variable. These predictor variables were found to have a greater impact on performance on the METT than on the VNDT. It is suggested that future research utilizes real interactions as the basis of their decoding task.
Author: Maki Kato
Institution: Wellesley College
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1481458301