An Empirical Validation of the Psychological Anatomy of Gossip

Authors

  • Kristine June D. Uy University of San Jose-Recoletos
  • Chris Rudyard F. Naval University of San Jose-Recoletos
  • Sandy Valmores University of San Jose-Recoletos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1301.02.08

Keywords:

self-concept, anxiety, gossip, communication

Abstract

This study validates the theory on the psychological anatomy of gossip. A person’s inclination to gossip is tested and validated in relation to one’s self-concept and anxiety level. Utilizing researcher-developed questionnaires and employing regression analysis, this paper tested the relationship between a person’s self- concept and anxieties with one’s propensity to gossip. The results of this study supported our three hypotheses: (1) that a person’s self-concept is inversely related to one’s anxieties, (2) that a person’s self-concept is inversely related to one’s propensity to gossip, and (3) a person’s anxiety is directly related to one’s tendency to gossip.

Author Biographies

Kristine June D. Uy, University of San Jose-Recoletos

is a faculty member of the University of San Jose Recoletos, was born in 1982 and educated at the University of San Jose Recoletos where she graduated magna cum laude (Bachelor of Science in Accountancy , 2003). She also obtained her Master in Business Administration degree (2008) from the same university. A Certified Public Accountant, she worked with Isla Lipana and Company, a member firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers (2004-2006). She has been a faculty member of the accountancy department of the University of San Jose Recoletos since 2006 up to the present, handling the subjects Basic Accounting, Partnership and Corporation Accounting, Financial Accounting, Auditing and Assurance Services, and Integrated Auditing Theory.

Chris Rudyard F. Naval, University of San Jose-Recoletos

received his Master’s degree in Accountancy from the University of San Carlos (USC), Cebu City, Philippines. Chris holds a baccalaureate degree in Management Accounting from the University of San Carlos, and is currently taking Master of Arts in Economics and PhD in Management from the University of San Carlos. He is a finance faculty of the University of San Jose - Recoletos in Cebu City. He finds his comfort in research, both academic and industry-based. Some his works are: An Empirical Validation of the Psychological Anatomy of Gossip, Fractal Behaviour of Selected Stock Prices, Fractal Volatility of Stock Price Levels, and Volatility Similarities of Stock Prices within the Same Industries. His interests are in finance, mathematics and statistics, physics, and financial engineering.

Sandy Valmores, University of San Jose-Recoletos

graduated Magna cum laude, Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of San Jose- Recoletos (USJ-R) in March 2004 and was awarded the Most Outstanding Graduate of her Batch. She earned her masteral degree in Industrial Psychology in the same University. Before she became a full time faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, Library and Information Science (DPLIS), she worked as a guidance counselor for eight years. Currently, Chua is enrolled in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology in Siliman University.

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Published

2013-12-31

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Uy, K. J. D., Naval, C. R. F., & Valmores, S. (2013). An Empirical Validation of the Psychological Anatomy of Gossip. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1301.02.08

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013)

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