Public Speaking Anxiety as a Function of Sensitization and Habituation Processes

Autor/inn/en	Behnke, Ralph R.; Sawyer, Chris R.
Titel	Public Speaking Anxiety as a Function of Sensitization and Habituation Processes
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 53 (2004) 2, S.164-173 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Learning Processes; Classroom Techniques; Public Speaking; Habituation; Anxiety; Scores; Personality Traits; Measures (Individuals); College Students; Patterned Responses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning process; Lernprozess; Klassenführung; Vortrag; Angst; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Messdaten; Collegestudent; Antwortbogen
Abstract	In the present study, it was hypothesized that (1) changes in (1) state anxiety from rest to the beginning of a speech (sensitization), in (2) changes in state anxiety during the first minute of the speech presentation (habituation 1), and in (3) state anxiety during the last minute of the speech presentation (habituation 2) are all significant predictors of college students' state anxiety during public speaking. Results indicated that both sensitization and habituation 1 were significant predictors, together accounting for 68% of the variance in overall state anxiety scores during speech performance. Changes in anxiety during the last minute of the speech (habituation 2) did not contribute significantly to the prediction of overall state anxiety. Educators need to adopt a variety of classroom techniques to help students reduce initial sensitization and to foster early habituation in public speaking practice. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10