A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Student Resistance in College Classrooms: The Effects of Teacher Misbehaviors and Credibility

• In Event: The Influence of Instructor Communicative Traits and Behaviors in the College Classroom

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to apply reactance theory to investigate the relationships of teacher misbehaviors and credibility with student resistance in U.S. and Chinese college classrooms. Findings indicate that Chinese college students report a higher level of resistance than U.S. college students. Teacher misbehaviors and credibility have differing associations with student resistance in the U.S. and Chinese college classrooms.

Author

• Qin Zhang, Fairfield University