Public Speaking State Anxiety as a Function of Selected Situational and Predispositional Variables.

Beatty, Michael J.; Friedland, Matthew H.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Public Speaking State Anxiety as a Function of Selected Situational and Predispositional Variables.

Beatty, Michael J.; Friedland, Matthew H.

Communication Education, v39 n2 p142-47 Apr 1990

Uses dispositional and situational versions of novelty, conspicuousness, subordinate status, and a measure of public speaking apprehension to predict state anxiety in response to a public speaking task. Finds that a model consisting of trait versions of novelty, conspicuousness, and subordinate status significantly predicts public speaking state anxiety. (MG)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education, Public Speaking

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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