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Based upon earlier research which has indicated that males and females may differ in their levels of communication apprehension and shyness, this study explored the possible impact of biological sex on general communication apprehension, shyness, and apprehension about broad communication contexts. Samples of 778 college students and 106 secondary school teachers completed measures of general communication apprehension, shyness, and apprehension about communication in the contexts of public speaking, meetings, small groups, and interpersonal conversation. Results indicate that males may be slightly more shy than females, females may be slightly more apprehensive about public speaking than males, but female and males do not differ meaningfully in terms of general communication apprehension.
McCroskey et al. (Mon,) studied this question.