TY - JOUR
KW - Public speaking fear
KW - Anxiety
KW - performance
KW - Conference interpreting
AU - Daniel Pinazo Calatayud
AU - Amparo Jiménez Ivars
AB - This paper deals with how fear of public speaking relates to anxiety and performance using a sample of 197 conference interpreting students asked to interpret in a final examination as if in a professional setting. To do this, the subjects have to speak in public although in this action more elements are assessed apart from public speaking. To assess public speaking fear an abridged version of the questionnaire “Public Speaking Confidence” is used for the first time in an empirical study relating anxiety and performance. Results show that public speaking fear is related to anxiety and performance but this relation can only explain 11.5% of anxiety variance. On the other hand, contrary to expectations public speaking fear or anxiety show no relationship with performance in conference interpreting. Some tentative hypothesis and research lines are put forward to explain these results.
IS - 1
M3 - Journal article
N2 - This paper deals with how fear of public speaking relates to anxiety and performance using a sample of 197 conference interpreting students asked to interpret in a final examination as if in a professional setting. To do this, the subjects have to speak in public although in this action more elements are assessed apart from public speaking. To assess public speaking fear an abridged version of the questionnaire “Public Speaking Confidence” is used for the first time in an empirical study relating anxiety and performance. Results show that public speaking fear is related to anxiety and performance but this relation can only explain 11.5% of anxiety variance. On the other hand, contrary to expectations public speaking fear or anxiety show no relationship with performance in conference interpreting. Some tentative hypothesis and research lines are put forward to explain these results.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2002
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 37
EP - 47
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Fear of public speaking, state anxiety and performance: The case of interpreter trainees
VL - 8
ER -