OF - James C. McCroskey

1 :-':FORatleastthepasttwodecades, , :( 1)Themorepeopleareattractedtooneanother, themoretheywillcommunicatewitheachother; and(2)Themoreweareattractedtoan-otherper son, ,labeled" ,Communi-cationofInformations(NewYork:Th eFreePress,1971).. , , , (EnglewoodCliffs, ,1971), ,Inter-personalAttraction(Reading,Mass.: Addison-Weslev,1969).4 ," ,"JournalofAbnormalandSocialPsycholog;y, 68(1961), , , ," 'hisfactoranalytictechniques,Triandis' !.FollowingTriandes'lead, ,employ-inga , "asocio-emotionalcategoryofinterpersonal attractioncloselyrelatedtowhatonemightor dinarilycall'liking'."6 FactorTwowas"ataskcategoryofinterper-son alattraction,relatedtowhatonemightordina rilycall'respect'.

2 ''7I! ," :EffectofaBlunderontheAttractivenessofaC ompetentOther,"PsychologicalReports,22(1 968), KieslerandGoldberg, KieslerandGoldberg, (actoranalyticresultsisdifficultsincesev eralitemsloadstronglyonbothfactors, , ,Aronsen,Abrams,andRott-manconductedanex tensivefieldexperi-menttotestthehypothes isthatone' :physicalattractiveness,per~{)l1alauract iveuess, datewouldbelikedbya :1)asocialorlikingdimension,2)ataskorres pectdimension,and3)a , ,arecomparativelyeasiertoconstructandadm inisterthanmostothermeasures,andhavebeen demonstratedtobehighlyreliablewhenproper lydeveloped.!!8 , , "ImportanceofPhysicalAUrac-tivenes,inDat in~Behavior,"JournalofePT-sona/it;-andSo cialPrych%g;y,5 (1966),508-516.}

3 !! ,social, "aclassmatewithwhomyouareacquainted."Sub -jectswrotethefirstnameofa :(a) ;(b) ;(c)Inorderfora 'theprobablestabilityoftheobtainedfactor structureintheabsenceofitemsnotmeetingcr i-terion(b)above,a supplementaryprin-ciplecomponentsanalysi s(withvarimaxrotation)wasconductedinclud ingonlytheiternsmeetingcriterion(b).Thes calescomposedoftheitemsloadedontheobtain edfactorswereScaleConstruction( ).SPECIALREPORTS263 RESULTST heinitialfactoranalysisproducedtherotate dthree-factorsolutionreportedinTable1. Thissolutionaccountedfor49% waslabeled"socialattraction" ,"1thinkhe(she)couldbea friendofmine" ,"TestReliabilityEstimatedbyAnalvsisofVa riance.

4 "Psychometrika,6(1941), :\[ \TTRACTIONSCALES- ..-. thinkhe(she)couldbea wouldliketohaveafriendlychatwithhim(her) . (her) (she)justwouldn' ( feelI knowhim(her) (she)is don'tcareif I evergettomeethim(her) sometimeswishI weremorelikehim(her). thinkhe(she)is quitehandsome(pretty). (she)is findhim(her) don'tlikethewayhe(she) (she) (she) (she) (she) (he) (she) couldn'tgetanythingaccomplishedwithhim(h er) (she)isa tyPicalgoof-offwhenassigneda haveconfidenceinhis(her) wantedtogetthinKSdoneI couldprob-ablydependonhim(her). (she)wouldbea (her) (her)gettinga havethefeelinghe(she) (she) " CHMONOGRAPHS factoraccountedfor17% "physicalattrac-tion,"againrepresentingi temsintendedtotapthispropertyofinterpers onalat-traction.)]

5 "1thinkhe(she)i5 quitehand-some(pretty)" "taskattrac-tion"andaccountedfor14%ofthe vari-anceafterrotation."1couldn'tgetany- thingacomplishedwithhim(her)" ! ,. , ,"TheEffectsofHighandLowCommunicationApp rehensiononSmallGroupMember'sCredibility ,AttractionandInteraction," ,IlIinoisStateUni-versity, 'OR~ \TRIXFOR18 BEST-FrrINTERPERSONALATmAC110 NSCALESP hysicalSocialTaskAttractionAttractionAtt raction:\= thinkhe(she)couldbea (her) (she)justwouldn' wouldliketohaveafriendlychatwithhim(her) thinkhe(she)isquitehandsome(pretty) (she) findhim(her) don'tlikethewayhe(she)looks10,He(she)iss omewhatuglyI (she) (she) (she) (she)isa tyPicalgoof-offwhenassigneda haveconfidenceinhis(her) wantedtogetthingsdoneI couldprob-ablydependonhim(her) couldn'tgetanythingaccomplishedwithhim(h er) (she)wouldn'tbea ,althoughonesocialattractionitem(He/shej ustwouldn'tfitintomycircleoffriends)

6 Hada ,''TheEffectofCameraShotonInterpersonalA ttrac-tionforComedyPerformers,"Paperpres entedat58thAnnualConventionoftheSpeechCo m-municationAssociation,Chicago,illinois , ,althoughtheitemswhichdefinedthedimensio nsvariedslightlyfromthepreviousresults,a swasexpected, , ,ina ,"TheEffectofCameraAnKleandImageSizeonSo urceCredibilityandIn'terpersonalAttracti on," ,illinoisStateUniversity, thinkhe(she)couldbea (her). (she)justwouldn' wouldliketohavea friendlychatwithhim(her). thinkhe(she)is quitehandsome(pretty). (she) findhim(her) don'tlikethewayhe(she). (she) (she)isa typicalgoof-of(whenassigneda haveconfidenceinhis(her) wantedtogetthingsdone,I couldprobablydependonhim(her).)

7 Couldn'tget:mvthingaccomplishedwithhim(h er). (she) ( McCroskey 'WEINERSTUDy)"8. (seeTable3) , (seeTable3). ~ ,''TheEffectofInteractionBehavioronSourc eCred-ibility,Homophily,andInterpersonal Attrac-tioninSmallGroupCommunication," , ,thescalespresentedhereappeartotapthreed imensionsofinterpersonalattraction-asoci alorpersonallikingproperty;aphysicaldime nsionbasedondressandphysicalfeatures;and a ,social,andtaskattraction.