A palmar sweat investigation of the effect of audience variation upon stage fright

Bode, Daniel L.; Brutten, Eugene J.

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“…The lack of a main audience effect with the finger sweat print measure is contradictory to Bode and Brutten's (1963) findings. They were able to show recoveries in finger sweat print response over adaptation levels when audience instructions were systematically introduced in a series of public speaking experiences.…”

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“…It was reasoned that an instruction condition is a better controlled variable, administratively less difficult to create, and more easily replicated in other laboratories. Second, Bode and Brutten (1963) used this type of manipulation, and, to an extent, this study is a partial replication of their research.…”

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“…Using a somewhat different procedure, Bode and Brutten (1963) demonstrated palmar sweat levels to be increased over adaptation levels by informing Ss that an audience was listening and watching behind a one-way mirror although, in fact, no audience was present. Neither of these studies measured Ss' level of public speaking anxiety prior to the experiment.…”

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A comparison of stress measures in an experimental analogue of public speaking.

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1973

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Eighty 5s previously assessed for public speaking anxiety were observed in either an audience or no-audience condition created through instructions. Finger sweat prints and two self-ratings of stress were taken prior to, during, and after speaking. All stress measures were significantly affected over measurement periods. Self-reported stress was sensitive to preassessed anxiety levels. Instructions did not yield a significant main effect but did interact with both measurement period and anxiety level. Dependent measures were intercorrelated in a multitrait-multimethod matrix; self-reports were interrelated but were not correlated with the sweat measure. Other comparisons between the measures are made and discussed.1 This study was supported by a Temple University grant-in-aid of research awarded to the first author. Thanks are due to Richard Marcus and Barbara Pisani for their assistance in all phases of data collection. Aram Aghazarian of the Temple University Department of Speech kindly assisted in recruiting students to serve as Ss, and Dee N. Lloyd gave generous assistance with the manuscript.

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A comparison of stress measures in an experimental analogue of public speaking.

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1973

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…Speakers exhibit more cognitive, physiological, and behavioral anxiety when exposed to audiences of greater size and expertise (Bode & Brutten, 1963;Hillmert, Christenfeld, & Kulik, 2002;Long, Lynch, Machiran, Thomas, Public Speaking Anxiety 81 & Malinow, 1982;McKinney et al, 1983;Seta, Crisson, Seta, & Wang, 1989, Experiment 1;Shearn, Bergman, Hill, Abel, & Hinds, 1992) as well as when audiences responded negatively (Bassett, Behnke, Carlile, & Rogers, 1973;Hillmert et al, 2002;Pertaub, Slater, & Barker, 2002) or in a neutral manner (Lepore, 1995;Lepore, Allen, & Evans, 1993;MacIntyre, Thivierge, & MacDonald, 1997) during the speech, compared to audiences who responded in a positive manner (for an early review see Gardiner, 1971). In a more comprehensive study, Ayres (1990) The AIM is a 40-item scale measuring the ''general level of reactivity to emotional experiences'' (Clay et al, 2005, p. 99).…”

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A Racing Heart, Rattling Knees, and Ruminative Thoughts: Defining, Explaining, and Treating Public Speaking Anxiety

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2010

Communication Education

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“…Performers' emotions vary with the presence/absence of an audience (e.g. real, virtual and imagined: Bode & Brutten, 1963, Zajonc & Sales, 1966Bond & Titus, 1983;Kelly et al, 2007;André et al, 2014), its composition (e.g. sex, level of expertise, familiarity: Garland & Brown, 1972;Cohen & Davis, 1973;MacIntyre & MacDonald, 1998), spatial location (e.g.…”

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