While behavioral-observer ratings have been routinely used in anxiety research and, in particular, to note changes as a function of treatment, mixed findings have been reported. This study attempted to delineate specific behaviors which differentiated individuals who were highly prone to experience anxiety in a speaking situation from low prone individuals. No over-all differences on the behavioral measures were found between the two groups, and there were no consistent relationships found between the behavioral measure and other measures of state anxiety obtained during a test speech.
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