Audience-perceived anxiety patterns of public speakers

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 470-481

  Finn, Amber N ^a   Sawyer, Chris R ^b   Behnke, Ralph R ^b  

^a Navarro College   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Pattern analysis; Public speaking; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009649167     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370309370168     Document Type: Article

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