The Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory: scale development and preliminary psychometric data

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Title:	The Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory: scale development and preliminary psychometric data
Author(s):	Cho, Y.; Smits, J.A.J. ; Telch, M.J.
Publication year:	2004
Source:	Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 42, iss. 1, (2004), pp. 13-25
ISSN:	0005-7967
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00067-6
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/191381
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Subject:	Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment
Organization:	FSW_Fac. algemeen SW OZ BSI KLP
Journal title:	Behaviour Research and Therapy
Volume:	vol. 42
Issue:	iss. 1
Page start:	p. 13
Page end:	p. 25
Abstract:	Cognitions have been known to play a central role in the development, maintenance, and treatment of speech anxiety. However, few instruments are currently available to assess cognitive contents associated with speech anxiety. This report describes three studies examining the psychometric characteristics of a revised English version of the Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory (SATI)-an instrument measuring maladaptive cognitions associated with speech anxiety. In Study 1, factor analyses of the SATI revealed a two-factor solution-"prediction of poor performance" and "fear of negative evaluation by audience", respectively. In Study 2, the two-factor structure was replicated. In addition, results revealed stability over a four-week period, high internal consistency, and good convergent and discriminant validity. In Study 3, the scale demonstrated sensitivity to change following brief exposure-based treatments. These findings suggest that the SATI is a highly reliable, valid measure to assess cognitive features of speech anxiety.