A new measure of conversational experience: The Speaking Extent and Comfort Scale (SPEACS)

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Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-202

  Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Spicer, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conversation; Interaction; Self; Social; Social anxiety; Social avoidance; Social experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033144543     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119900600206     Document Type: Article

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