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The Polish Adaptation of the Public Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire
 
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kierownik zakładu: prof. dr hab. N. Ogińska-Bulik, Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia, Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
 
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kierownik zakładu; prof.dr hab. N. Ogińska-Bulik, Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia, Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
 
 
Submission date: 2013-05-31
 
 
Final revision date: 2014-01-19
 
 
Acceptance date: 2014-01-22
 
 
Publication date: 2015-02-24
 
 
Corresponding author
Jan Chodkiewicz   

kierownik zakładu: prof. dr hab. N. Ogińska-Bulik, Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia, Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 91-433 łódź ul Smugowa 10/12, 91-433 Łódź, Polska
 
 
Psychiatr Pol 2015;49(1):95-105
 
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Objectives:
The aim of the study was the Polish adaptation of the shortened Public Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire GFER by Spitznagel and co-workers.

Methods:
GFER is a self-assessment method which consists of 16 statements and is designed to assess emotions, physiological reactions, and thoughts that appear in a situation of public speaking. GFER was used to examine 320 students from Lodz’s universities. The State/Trait Anxiety Inventory – STAI by Spielberger, The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale by Zigmunt and Snaith and TCI by Cloninger were also used.

Results:
The Polish version of GFER is a reliable and valid tool. The factor structure is similar to the original structure. As a result of the conducted analyses, there was obtained the 9-item version of the tool, which has a 2-factor structure – factor I: emotional and physiological reactions, factor II: worrying. The results obtained with GFER present a statistically significant correlation with other measures of anxiety and with the dimension of temperament: harm avoidance.

Conclusions:
The obtained results indicate that GFER may be used in both scientific research and therapeutic practice.

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