title: Effects of positive attitude toward giving a speech on cardiovascular and subjective fear responses during speech in anxious subjects.
abstract: 40 speech-anxious subjects were asked to deliver four speeches during the experiment. The conditions varied according to whether the subjects maintained a positive or neutral attitude toward speech prior to each presentation. Heart rate and self-reports of fear were measured during the experiment. Maintaining a positive attitude prior to delivering a speech reduced both subjective anxiety and cardiovascular responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Romans-Kroll
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech