NIS-S records how often respondents believe they perform immediacy behaviors. Its overall total reflects self-perception, with awareness and desirability limits. Comparison with observers can guide further inquiry, while neither low nor high scores alone establish empathy, competence, appropriateness, or the effects experienced by others in context.
- FamilyTool
- Category of its source unitMeasurement & Assessment Instruments
- DomainConversation & Relationships
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Tool
In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.
Editorial orientation · Category
Measurement & Assessment Instruments
Produces measures, scores, profiles or assessments through defined items, observations or measurement rules. The entry identifies what is measured and the conditions governing interpretation.