CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 226Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesCommunication in Education and HealthcarePsychological Treatments and Assessments

An instrument to assess self-statements during public speaking: Scale development and preliminary psychometric properties

Open access
Hofmann, Stefan G., DiBartolo, Patricia Marten·2000·Behavior Therapy
DOI 10.1016/s0005-7894(00)80027-1PMC PMC1475776
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Public speaking is the most commonly reported fearful social situation. Although a number of contemporary theories emphasize the importance of cognitive processes in social anxiety, there is no instrument available to assess fearful thoughts experienced during public speaking. The Self-Statements During Public Speaking (SSPS) scale is a 10-item questionnaire consisting of two 5-item subscales, the "Positive Self-Statements" (SSPS-P) and the "Negative Self-Statements" subscale (SSPS-N). Four studies report on the development and the preliminary psychometric properties of this instrument.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/s0005-7894(00)80027-1

Cites

52 of 52 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) was the most common instrument to assess symptoms of SAD and PSA, used in 13 cases (65% of studies), followed by the Self-Statements During Public Speaking questionnaire (SSPS), used in 6 cases (30%).

    “Utilized in 13 cases (65% of studies), the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS; Liebowitz, 1987) constituted the most common instrument to assess symptoms of SAD and PSA as a primary or secondary outcome, directly followed by the Self-Statements During Public Speaking questionnaire (SSPS; Hofmann and DiBartolo, 2000), which was used in 6 cases (30% of the studies).”

    From Virtual Reality exposure therapy in the treatment of public speaking anxiety and social anxiety disorder (2024) · cites this paper as Hofmann and DiBartolo, 2000

  • Cronbach's alpha for the SSPS positive subscale was .80 and for the negative subscale was .86, and test-retest reliability was acceptable for both subscales.

    “Cronbach’s alpha for the positive subscale was .80 and for the negative subscale was .86, and test–retest reliability was acceptable for both subscales (Hofmann & DiBartolo, 2000).”

    From Cognitive mediators of treatment for social anxiety disorder: comparing acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. (2014) · cites this paper as Hofmann & DiBartolo, 2000

  • The SSPS-N subscale has shown the greatest sensitivity to change.

    “Although the SSPS-N subscale has shown the greatest sensitivity to change (Hofmann & DiBartolo, 2000), to maximize the number of scale items, all 10 items were used and positive scale items were reverse coded.”

    From Cognitive mediators of treatment for social anxiety disorder: comparing acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. (2014) · cites this paper as Hofmann & DiBartolo, 2000

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Related

Authors
Hofmann, S. G., & DiBartolo, P. M.
Affiliations
  • Boston University (US)
  • Smith College (US)
Corresponding author
Hofmann, Stefan G.
ORCID
Venue
Behavior Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
499-515
ISSN
0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0005-7894(00)80027-1
PMC
PMC1475776
OpenAlex
W2013588097
Cited by
226
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 8
FWCI
6.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Smith ScholarWorks (Smith College) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R29MH057326)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Keywords
public speaking, self-statements, social anxiety, cognitive processes, scale development, psychometric properties, positive self-statements, negative self-statements, speaking anxiety, questionnaire validation

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review