In the growing literature on stage fright, the following generalized finding seem to be warranted:

1. All speakers, regardless of length and amount of experience, undergo some degree of pshychological and pshychological arousal before or during their speaking efforts.
2. Observes ( listeners) are often less aware of disruption than the speaker anticipates or believes is taking place.
3. There is no significant relationship between stage fright, reasoning ability, and level of intelligence.
4. There is no significant relationship between personality traits, or aspects of personality, at least as these components are measured or are measurable by standard personality inventories.
5. Stage fright is no sparer of sex. Both, men an women, experience stage fright, but men are more likely to show overt and obvious manifestations of this state of feeling or emotion than are women.
6. A reduction in stage fright, at least as far as its disruptive influences are concerned, is associated with improved speaking ability, increased experience in speaking, and with age. These factors may, of course, be inter-related.