An Investigation and Factor Analysis of Facing-Audience Communication Apprehension of Minority University Students in Guizhou Province

Chinese University Students' Facing-audience Communication Apprehension Scale(2011 version) was used in this study to investigate the face-audience communication apprehension of minority university students in Guizhou Province.The results showed that:(1) Facing-audience communication apprehension was ubiquitous with the students from minority university students in Guizhou Province: over 99% of the students had facing-audience communication apprehension.(2) In the four dimensions of facing-audience apprehension,the interview apprehension was the most serious,followed by group-within and outside-campus communication apprehension,platform apprehension,and affairs-handling apprehension.(3) Gender divisions were significantly different in all aspects of facing-audience communication apprehension.