Behavioral inhibition and the communication of public speaking state anxiety

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 412-422

  Sawyer, Chris R ^a   Behnke, Ralph R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public Speaking; Readout Theory Of Emotion; State Anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036761780     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374747     Document Type: Article

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