ABSTRACT

Relational framing theory (RFT) explains how individuals process relational messages during interaction through two content-laden dimensions—dominance-submission and affiliation-disaffiliation—and a content-free intensifier: involvement. RFT research has generally utilized measures of relevance more conducive to the content-laden variables than to the content-free variable. This study advanced a new involvement scale that operates as a measure of degree rather than relevance. Participants (N = 319) provided perceptions of involvement in a hypothetical conversation. Results were consistent with reliable and valid measurement and a unidimensional factor structure. Future research can adopt the degree-based involvement scale to assess the extent to which a communicator is engrossed in interaction.

摘要

关系构架理论（RFT）解释了个体在交互过程中如何通过两个充满内容的维度（占主导地位的提交和隶属关系的隶属关系）和无内容的增强器：参与来处理关系消息。RFT研究通常采用了比无内容变量更有利于内容含量变量的相关性度量。这项研究提出了一个新的参与量表，该量表用于衡量程度而不是相关性。参与者（N = 319）提供了参与假设对话的感觉。结果与可靠有效的测量结果和一维因素结构一致。未来的研究可以采用基于程度的参与度量表来评估传播者全神贯注于互动的程度。