Publications

Publication details [#52015]

Haunani Solomon, Denise and Jennifer S. Priem. 2009. Comforting Apprehensive Communicators: The Effects of Reappraisal and Distraction on Cortisol Levels Among Students in a Public Speaking Class. Communication Quarterly 57 (3) : 251–281.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

behavior | classroom conversation | communicative style | distress | public speech

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study exlores the physiological stress (cortisol level)-reducing benefits of comforting interpersonal communication (reappraisal and distraction) in a public speaking class.