Resumen de Receiver apprehension and listening comprehension: a linear or curvilinear relationship?

Margaret Fitch-Hauser, Deborah Baker, Adele Hughes

• This study examined the relationship between listening comprehension and receiver apprehension. Listening comprehension was operationalized via four commonly used listening tests; receiver apprehension was operationalized via the Receiver Apprehension Test. To test for the existence of a linear relationship between the two variables, scores on the Receiver Apprehension Test and the four listening tests were correlated. To test Roberts’ (1985) curvilinearity hypothesis, an analysis of variance and an examination of the means were conducted. The results indicated a significant lienear relationship to exist between listening comprehension (operationalized via the Brown‐Carlsen Listening Test) and receiver apprehension. Roberts’ curvilinearity hypothesis was not supported.