The Effect of Observer Perspective on Speaking Anxiety and Speaking Performance

The purpose of this study was to examine how taking on an observer perspective effects the performance of high anxiety persons in a speaking situation that is regarded as evoking high anxiety. College students, divided into high or low socially anxious groups were asked to give two short speeches, one in the observer and the other in the field perspective. Their performances were videotaped. Immediately after each performance, participants completed a questionnaire on their mood measures, the frequency of negative automatic thinking, the degree to which they believed such thoughts to be true, safety behaviors, and anxiety. After they completed both performances, they rated their performance for each speech, and then after viewing their taped performances, they were asked again to provide the same evaluation. To examine whether or not the perspectives that they took on during the performances affected their evaluations, the subjects' ratings were compared with ratings of the videotaped performances given by independent viewers. As a result, this study found that when taking on an observer perspective, both high and low socially anxious groups think more negatively and behave more cautiously; but, only the former reported greater anxiety and gave themselves lower ratings on the observer perspective performance compared with the field perspective performance. Implications for future research are also discussed.

keywords: social phobia, social anxiety, observer perspective, self-focused attention., 발표 불안, 사회공포증, 관찰자적 관점, 자기 초점주의, social phobia, social anxiety, observer perspective, self-focused attention.

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The Effect of Observer Perspective on Speaking Anxiety and Speaking Performance

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General