A short-form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker

Julie N. Hook; Clifford A. Smith; David P. Valentiner

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.021

A short-form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker

Julie N. Hook^*, Clifford A. Smith, David P. Valentiner

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Abstract

The Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker (PRCS) is a commonly used measure in treatment and research literature to assess people's fear of public speaking. Despite its frequent usage, limited psychometric data has been published in the last 20 years. Our primary aim was to examine the item factor structure of the PRCS and to see if item elimination could result in a more psychometrically sound measure. We examined the reliability and validity of both the original and shorter variants. From our analyses, we offer a 12-item version that we believe will have both clinical and research utility.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1306-1313
Number of pages	8
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.021
State	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

Anxiety
Fears
Measurement
Public speaking

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Psychology(all)

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