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Beatty, Michael J.; Valencic, Kristin Marie – Communication Education, 2000
Compares demand for speech preparation skills and trait public speaking apprehension as predictors of state anxiety experienced immediately before a graded classroom performance. Finds that public speaking apprehension significantly predicted anticipatory anxiety, while no significant effect was observed for planning skills. Examines findings…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Higher Education

Beatty, Michael J. – Communication Education, 1988
Indicates that situational factors such as perceived novelty, subordinate status, conspicuousness, dissimilarity and prior history correlate significantly with public speaking anxiety. Presents a causal model based on a confluence of previous research and the results of the present study. Includes classroom implications.(NH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills