title: Validation of the state version of the Self-Statement during Public Speaking Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt the trait version of the Self Statements during Public Speaking (SSPS) scale to a state version (SSPS-S) and to assess its discriminative validity for use in the Simulated Public Speaking Test (SPST).
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects with and without social anxiety disorder (n = 45) were assessed while performing the SPST, a clinical-experimental model of anxiety with seven different phases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alterations in negative self-assessment occurred with significant changes throughout the different phases of the procedure (p = .05). Non-cases presented significantly higher mean values of the SSPS-S in all phases of the procedure than cases (p < .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cases assessed themselves in a less positive and more negative manner during the SPST than did non-cases. SSPS-S is adequate for this assessment, especially its negative subscale, and shows good psychometric qualities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. flaliosorio@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Flávia L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Osório
authors.forename: José Alexandre S
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crippa
authors.forename: Sonia Regina
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Loureiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013060:Speech; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult