Anticipatory speech anxiety as a function of public speaking assignment type

Communication Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-177

  Witt, Paul L ^a   Behnke, Ralph R ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Studies ^*

Author keywords

Assignment type; Public speaking; Speech anxiety; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645220218     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520600566074     Document Type: Article

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