Oral but not written test anxiety is related to social anxiety

Table 3 Convergent and discriminant validity of scales and measures

	LSAS anxiety subscale	LSAS avoidance subscale	PAF written	PAF oral	TAC written	TAC oral	TAB written	TAB oral
Oral PAF	0.379d	0.304d	0.663d	1	0.625d	0.806d	0.332d	0.442d
Written PAF	0.223b	0.167	1	0.663d	0.770d	0.650d	0.467d	0.236b
SPK	0.673d	0.592d	0.283d	0.453d	0.425d	0.562d	NE	NE
SPV	0.701d	0.678d	0.425d	0.524d	NE	NE	0.301d	0.412d
CDS-9 frequency subscale social	0.338d	0.320d	0.323d	0.311d		NE	NE	NE
CDS-9 frequency subscale written	0.274d	0.306d	0.398d	0.383d	NE	NE	NE	NE
CDS-9 frequency subscale oral	0.390d	0.341d	0.337d	0.488d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Tremor social	0.322d	0.352d	0.258b	0.223b	NE	NE	NE	NE
Sweating social	0.351d	0.298d	0.200	0.311d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Blushing social	0.242b	0.115	0.218b	0.278d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Palpitation social	0.379d	0.351d	0.206b	0.313d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Tremor written	0.294d	0.141	0.640d	0.452d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Sweating written	0.096	0.028	0.484d	0.361d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Blushing written	-0.099	-0.094	0.137	0.201b	NE	NE	NE	NE
Palpitation written	0.168	0.050	0.657d	0.488d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Tremor oral	0.289d	0.151	0.488d	0.608d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Sweating oral	0.182	0.048	0.291d	0.434d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Blushing oral	0.120	-0.060	0.189	0.332d	NE	NE	NE	NE
Palpitation oral	0.172	0.054	0.499d	0.612d	NE	NE	NE	NE

Pearson‘s correlation coefficient

^bP < 0.005, two-tailed

^dP < 0.001, two-tailed. NE: Not estimated; CSD-9: Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale-9 items; LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale;PAF: Prüfungsangstfragebogen. SPK Fragebogen zu sozialphobischen Kognitionen; SPV Fragebogen zu sozialphobischem Verhalten.