Validation of the state version of the Self-Statement during Public Speaking Scale

• Main Authors: Flávia L. Osório, José Alexandre S. Crippa, Sonia Regina Loureiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2013-03-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
• Subjects: Anxiety; Experimental Model; Public Speaking; Scale; Validation
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462013000100011

OBJECTIVE: To adapt the trait version of the Self Statements during Public Speaking (SSPS) scale to a state version (SSPS-S) and to assess its discriminative validity for use in the Simulated Public Speaking Test (SPST). METHOD: Subjects with and without social anxiety disorder (n = 45) were assessed while performing the SPST, a clinical-experimental model of anxiety with seven different phases. RESULTS: Alterations in negative self-assessment occurred with significant changes throughout the different phases of the procedure (p = .05). Non-cases presented significantly higher mean values of the SSPS-S in all phases of the procedure than cases (p < .01). CONCLUSION: Cases assessed themselves in a less positive and more negative manner during the SPST than did non-cases. SSPS-S is adequate for this assessment, especially its negative subscale, and shows good psychometric qualities.