Abstract. Musicians suffering from music performance anxiety (MPA) fear and/or avoid performing situations. While performing, they often experience physiological (like increased heart rate or sweating), cognitive (...
Assessment of social phobia by the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia ScaleAbstract. The psychometric properties of a German version of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale (Mattick & Clarke, 1989) were ...
The objective of the present study was to examine the influence of personality traits and coping strategies on performance anxiety among professional orchestra musicians. The sample consisted of 122 members of six German symphony and opera orchestras. The ...