Teenagers' views of women's roles are important because the stage of adolescence brings with it an intense concern with the adult roles of men and women. Although the images created by teenagers may appear to be similar across nations, the meanings of the images may differ for teenagers from different cultures. This study describes the use of…

A study investigated communication apprehension in the Philippines and compared its incidence there with that in populations in the United States, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and Micronesia. The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension for College Students (PRCA) was administered to 312 students in Manila, as well as to comparable numbers…

The social orientation of 60 American and 60 Philippine mothers representing two levels of social class was assessed through the verbal regulatory appeal strategies which they employed in five hypothetical everyday situations involving their 4-year-old children. Social orientation was assessed through the mothers' responses to the Bearison and…

A current trend in testing is to use pictorial methods of assessing various traits. The original American edition of the Geist Picture Interest Inventory consisted of 129 pictures of vocations and three of hobbies. The inventory has been adapted for use in various countries and cultures in which the pictures are changed to suit the cultures of the…

In the Philippines, where speech communication as a field of study is barely emerging from the traditional treatment of speech as an art to speech as a behavior, researchers are faced with the problems of adopting or adapting theories and research methodology developed in another culture and/or developing a strictly generic theory, research…