title: [The Polish adaptation of the public speaking anxiety questionnaire].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was the Polish adaptation of the shortened Public Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire GFER by Spitznagel and co-workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  GFER is a self-assessment method which consists of 16 statements and is designed to assess emotions, physiological reactions, and thoughts that appear in a situation of public speaking. GFER was used to examine 320 students from Lodz's universities. The State/Trait Anxiety Inventory - STAI by Spielberger, The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale by Zigmunt and Snaith and TCI by Cloninger were also used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Polish version of GFER is a reliable and valid tool. The factor structure is similar to the original structure. As a result of the conducted analyses, there was obtained the 9-item version of the tool, which has a 2-factor structure - factor I: emotional and physiological reactions, factor II: worrying. The results obtained with GFER present a statistically significant correlation with other measures of anxiety and with the dimension of temperament: harm avoidance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The obtained results indicate that GFER may be used in both scientific research and therapeutic practice.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia, Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chodkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia, Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miniszewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013060:Speech; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: GFER – Polish version; public speaking anxiety; validation