title: Attentional Control Buffers the Effect of Public Speaking Anxiety on Performance.
abstract: We explored dispositional differences in the ability to self-regulate attentional processes in the domain of public speaking. Participants first completed measures of speech anxiety and attentional control. In a second session, participants prepared and performed a short speech. Fear of public speaking negatively impacted performance only for those low in attentional control. Thus, attentional control appears to act as a buffer that facilitates successful self-regulation despite performance anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Russell H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Vasey