title: Normative data for the personal report of confidence as a speaker.
abstract: Normative data for the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker (PRCS; Paul, 1966), a measure of public-speaking anxiety, were collected by administering the PRCS to 1109 college students. PRCS scores were examined in relation to gender, race, age, and grade-point average. No significant between-group differences were found. The findings indicate that levels of public-speaking anxiety are generally constant across gender, race, and age. Normative data for all scores across Caucasian and African-American subjects are presented.
authors.affiliation: Psychophysiology Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 39406-9196, USA.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Snell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior