Abstract
Roth (2017) found competitive parliamentary debate participants score lower in verbal aggressiveness than those who have not competed in parliamentary debate. While there is some research regarding verbal aggressiveness in academic debate, there is not much in terms of individual events. This study examines verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness in both debate and individual event college students. Results indicate debate students to have higher levels of verbal aggressiveness than IE students when trying to influence students not in forensics. Male students scored higher on verbal aggressiveness as did seniors. Conclusions about college forensics are drawn and suggestions are made for future research.
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Walker, B.
(2025).
Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness in College Forensics Students.
Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal, 48(1).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2471-0032.1179
