Anxiety sensitivity and speech trait anxiety as predictors of state anxiety during public speaking

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-429

  Mladenka, Jennifer D ^a   Sawyer, Chris R ^b   Behnke, Ralph R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NW campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Public speaking; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642516267     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370112     Document Type: Article

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