Tests the cross-situational consistency of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA). Subjects completed the PRCA and then reported how much anxiety they would feel or have felt in 35 situations. No evidence of cross-situational consistency was found for the two independent classes of anxiety-producing situations. (JMF)

Reports on a study testing the assumption that communication apprehension is a stable trait not influenced by situational factors. Results indicate that communication apprehension scores are determined by situation, in this case anticipated speech performance, raising questions concerning the use of state-trait distinction in speech anxiety…