The Predictive Validity of the Interpersonal Attraction Scale (IAS) in the Instructional Context

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Abstract

This study tested the predictive validity of the Interpersonal Attraction Scale (McCroskey, McCroskey, & Richmond, 2006). Participants were 122 undergraduate students who reported their initial perceptions of instructor attractiveness and their subsequent in-class participation and out-of-class communication with their instructor. Results indicated class size, social attractiveness, and task attractiveness were significant predictors of in-class participation, whereas social attractiveness was the only significant contributor to students’ OCC. These findings support the predictive validity of the scale.

Authors

• Carrie Delane Kennedy-Lightsey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

• Matthew Martin, West Virginia University