Table 3.

Scores of the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety-18 (PRPSA-18) among participants with higher and lower fear of public speaking

	Higher fear (n, 94)	Lower fear (n, 67)	Group effect [F (1, 160)]
	M (SD)	M (SD)
PRPSA-18	70.9 (9.0)	44.6 (9.4)	320.9***
SPIN	20.6 (11.7)	12.9 (9.1)	20.6***
BBQ	36.6 (6.1)	37.5 (5.7)	0.8
GAD-7	7.9 (5.1)	4.5 (4.5)	19.9***
PHQ-9	7.9 (5.9)	6.1 (5.3)	3.8

“Higher” versus “lower” fear of public speaking was based on the PRPSA-18 above or below 58. BBQ = Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life scale, GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener, PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire, PRPSA = Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety, SPIN = Social Phobia Inventory. ***p < .001