Study of State Speech Anxiety of Participants for College Speech Contest / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the psychological and behavioral pattern of state speech anxiety of participants of college speech contest under two conditions.Methods:Narrow band measurements of both Subjective Uncomfortable Degree(SUD)and objective behavioral assessments were used under two conditions.Results:Under lab condition,SUD rat-ings differed among four time bands,while the behavioral ratings failed to show any difference.Under field condition,for the prepared theme speech,SUD ratings differed among four time bands while they failed to show any difference for the improvisational speech.For both speech forms,several behavioral items displayed a pattern of habituation.Conclusion:Under both conditions,the psychological and behavioral pattern of participants' state speech anxiety display a pattern of habituation while the behavioral pattern is affected more by different conditions.