Greater public speaking anxiety correlates with shorter and more poorly received speeches¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i2 Participants with greater speech anxiety gave shorter speeches (r = -.34, p < .01). → Jones Christopher R. 2012 q3 i2 Participants with greater speech anxiety gave more poorly received speeches (r = -.37, p < .01). → Jones Christopher R. 2012

Evidence¶

Jones Christopher R. 2012¶

Jones Christopher R., Fazio Russell H., Vasey Michael W. (2012). Attentional Control Buffers the Effect of Public Speaking Anxiety on Performance. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611430166

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

Correlational analysis in the Results section of the two-session study of 61 undergraduates, relating PRCS speech-anxiety scores to speech duration and judges' quality ratings. As the article reports, "participants with greater speech anxiety gave shorter (r = -.34, p < .01), more poorly received speeches (r = -.37, p < .01)"; both correlations are medium-sized.

"As expected, participants with greater speech anxiety gave shorter (r = -.34, p < .01), more poorly received speeches (r = -.37, p < .01)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Public speaking anxiety is associated with poorer judged speech performance only among individuals low in attentional control — related
Speech length mediates the anxiety-to-judged-quality link only for individuals low in attentional control — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Attentional shifting, but not focusing, significantly moderates the effect of speech anxiety on judged quality — related

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`title`	`Greater public speaking anxiety correlates with shorter and more poorly received speeches`
`description`	`Greater public speaking anxiety correlates with shorter and more poorly received speeches`
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`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2012`
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