摘要

The goals of the present study were to assess and compare the level of communication apprehension (CA) among pharmacy undergraduate and non-pharmacy undergraduate students. To accomplish this aim a modified version of Zimbardo's scale was used. A total of 501 students showed participation in this study. A higher participation was observed from the respondents from the age group 21-25 years. About 235 (46.9%) of the respondents were Chinese followed by Malay, Indian and other ethnic minorities. Majority 53.5% of the students were from school of pharmacy. Findings demonstrate a high level of CA among pharmacy students. However, in general Chinese female were found at a high risk of CA. Race, gender and study discipline were found to the factor associated with CA.

  • 出版日期2010