A short-form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1306-1313

  Hook, Julie N ^a   Smith, Clifford A ^a   Valentiner, David P ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fears; Measurement; Public speaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549089942     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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