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Beatty, Michael Joseph – 1976
This study develops a self-report inventory of public speaking apprehension that establishes measures of content, construct, and predictive validity. An item pool was generated by students that were anxious about giving speeches, and the resulting instrument was then administered to the general student population and factor analyzed. Each factor…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Cognitive Measurement, Communication Research
