A study of the Relationship between Self-Confidence and Communication Willingness

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the relationship between self-confidence and communication willingness. Method: we use Willingness to Communicate Scale (WTC) to assess the WTC of participants. Also, after they watched the video, we asked them to self-report to measure changes in their confidence. Results: the positive video increased participants' social self-confidence and enhanced their willingness to communicate, while the negative video had the opposite effect in both experiment groups. In the control group, the videos did not significantly impact on the participants' self-confidence level and willingness to communicate.