Public Speaking Anxiety in Relation to Different  Demographic Factors

The present study was conducted to know the public speaking anxiety in relation to different demographic factors like gender, age, family type, residential type, educational level, socio-economic status. Descriptive method was used in the present study to obtain the pertinent and precise information. The sample of the study was 300 school and college students between the age group of 14-28years. Convenient sampling technique was used by the researchers for choosing the sample of the study. The objectives of the study was to investigate the gender differences, differences in age groups, educational streams in public speaking anxiety, socioeconomic levels, residential areas and family structures. Public Speaking Anxiety scale developed by Bortholomay and Houlihan (2016) was used for data collection. Investigators used quantitative technique – t-test and one way ANOVA for data analysis and for getting the results. The findings of the study revealed that that there is no significant gender difference, age difference, educational stream differences, residential differences in public speaking anxiety, and no differences also emerged in the family type of the students. However, there exists a significant difference in public speaking anxiety among students from different socioeconomic levels.

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To shelter or unshelter? An analysis of international students’ experience in introductory communication courses

Research in Comparative and International Education ◽

10.1177/17454999211059618 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174549992110596

Author(s):

Aayushi Hingle ◽

Rochelle Davidson Mhonde ◽

Melissa Broeckelman-Post

Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Student Performance ◽

Public Speaking ◽

Public Speaking Anxiety ◽

Group Presentation ◽

Course Performance ◽

Significant Interaction Effect ◽

Speaking Anxiety ◽

The Public ◽

Significant Difference

The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which sheltered versus unsheltered contexts of introductory communication courses impact communication skill development and overall learning outcomes for international students. Specifically, this study examined the following outcome variables: public speaking anxiety, engagement, communication mindset, communication efficacy, and student performance to investigate whether it is beneficial to sheltered international students in introductory courses. Results showed that there was no significant difference between groups for the public speaking anxiety, student engagement, or overall course performance, except for the final group presentation performance. However, there was a significant interaction effect for communication mindset and communication efficacy; students in sheltered sections saw increases in these outcomes over the course of the semester, while unsheltered students experienced the opposite.

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Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for Social Phobia and Public Speaking Anxiety

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e675452012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Phobia ◽

Public Speaking ◽

Public Speaking Anxiety ◽

Speaking Anxiety ◽

Behavioral Therapies

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Social Phobia and Public Speaking Anxiety

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e674512012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Bethany A. Teachman

Keyword(s):

Social Phobia ◽

Public Speaking ◽

Public Speaking Anxiety ◽

Speaking Anxiety

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The Role of Social Evaluation in Influencing Public Speaking Anxiety of English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2859268 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Fadil Elmenfi ◽

Ahmed Gaibani

Keyword(s):

English Language Learners ◽

Language Learners ◽

English Language ◽

Public Speaking ◽

Public Speaking Anxiety ◽

Social Evaluation ◽

Speaking Anxiety

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EXPRESS: Serum Carbohydrate Antigen72-4 levels decrease with age in females but not males in Beijing, China

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine ◽

10.1177/00045632211026961 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000456322110269

Author(s):

Tongmei Duan ◽

Xun Chen ◽

Jing Wu ◽

Ronghai Li ◽

Huijuan Guo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Reference Interval ◽

Carbohydrate Antigen ◽

Female Group ◽

Healthy Population ◽

Age Difference ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Difference ◽

And Gender ◽

Beijing China

Objective: Carbohydrate antigen 72-4 (CA72-4) is widely used in the diagnosis and monitoring of many cancers. However, there are few studies on the differences of CA72-4 levels in terms of age and gender. Methods: 10957 healthy subjects were divided into two groups according to gender and three age groups. The serum CA72-4 were detected. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS. Results: The CA72-4 level in female group was significantly higher than that in male group. The level of CA72-4 gradually decreased with age. Compared with the age >60 group, the CA72-4 levels were increased in the age 46-60 group and 16-45 group (P >0.05, respectively). To better observe the age difference, the age 16-45 and 46â60 group were combined into the age 16-60 group. In comparison to the age >60 group, the CA72-4 level of age 16-60 group was significantly increased (P =0.000). In the age >60 group, there was no difference between genders. Nevertheless, the difference between the sexes in the age 16-60 group was significant (P =0.023). Conclusions: The reference interval of CA72-4 for local healthy population was established. CA72-4 levels gradually decreased with the increase of age, and CA72-4 level in females aged 16-60 years (0-18.0 U/mL) was higher than in males (0-14.5 U/mL), however there was no gender difference in the age group above 60 years old (0-14.5 U/mL). Moreover, male CA72-4 was no significant difference among all age groups, while the potential mechanism of female changes with age needed further study.

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