Expanding our listening orientations: improving listening measurement through LSP-R, LSP-R8, and LCI-R scale comparison

ABSTRACT This study considers ways to improve conceptualization of listening types through exploration of widely used listening scales: the 24-item and 8-item revised Listening Styles Profiles (LSP-R and LSP-R8) and the revised Listening Concepts Inventory (LCI-R). Using an online survey, we examined the ways that these scales correlate within and across each other. Our results demonstrate several robust correlations between the subscales of each listening inventory. Additionally, our results echo previous findings, showing strong correlations between different subscales of the LCI-R and the LSP-R, while also adding to the literature by illuminating previously unidentified correlations between the LCI-R and the LSP-R8. These results carry significant implications for future listening scholarship related to measurement within and across each subscale for these important listening types and styles.