Ferreira Marinho Anna Carolina, Mesquita de Medeiros Adriane, Côrtes Gama Ana Cristina, Caldas Teixeira Letícia
Department Speech-language Pathology and Audiology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Department Speech-language Pathology and Audiology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
J Voice. 2017 Jan;31(1):127.e7-127.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.12.012. Epub 2016 Feb 15.
The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence of fear of public speaking among college students and to assess its association with sociodemographic variables and those related to the voice and oral communication.
A cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study was conducted with 1135 undergraduates aged 17-58 years. The assessment instruments were (1) a questionnaire addressing the variables sex, age, field of undergraduate study, voice, and frequency of exposure to public speaking, and (2) the Self-statements During Public Speaking Scale (SSPS), which includes variables implicated in specific domains of public speaking. A descriptive analysis was performed of the variables as well as uni- and multivariate logistic regressions to examine their association with fear of public speaking. The level of significance was set at 5%.
In all, 63.9% of the college students reported fear of public speaking. As many as 89.3% of the students would like their undergraduate program to include classes to improve public speaking. Being female, having infrequent participation as speakers in groups, and perceiving their voice as high-pitched or too soft increase the odds of exhibiting fear of public speaking compared with students without those features.
A great number of undergraduates report fear of public speaking. This fear is more prevalent among women, students who participate in few activities involving speaking to groups of people, and those who have a self-perception of their voice as high-pitched or too soft.
本研究旨在确定大学生中害怕公开演讲的患病率，并评估其与社会人口统计学变量以及与声音和口头交流相关变量之间的关联。
对1135名年龄在17 - 58岁的本科生进行了一项横断面描述性和分析性研究。评估工具包括：（1）一份涉及性别、年龄、本科学习领域、声音以及公开演讲接触频率等变量的问卷；（2）公开演讲时自我陈述量表（SSPS），其中包括与公开演讲特定领域相关的变量。对这些变量进行了描述性分析以及单因素和多因素逻辑回归分析，以检验它们与害怕公开演讲之间的关联。显著性水平设定为5%。
总体而言，63.9%的大学生表示害怕公开演讲。多达89.3%的学生希望他们的本科课程能包括提高公开演讲能力的课程。与没有这些特征的学生相比，女性、很少作为演讲者参与小组活动以及认为自己声音尖锐或过于轻柔的学生，表现出害怕公开演讲的几率更高。
大量本科生表示害怕公开演讲。这种恐惧在女性、很少参加涉及向人群演讲活动的学生以及那些自我感觉声音尖锐或过于轻柔的学生中更为普遍。
