N2 - The main objective of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory – Revised (K -MPAI -R, Kenny, 2009) modified as the Kenny Performance Anxiety Inventory (K -PAI) for a general population of individuals with experience in public performance in fields other than music. Another aim was to test the factor structure of K -PAI on a Polish sample. We analysed the relationship between the scores on K -PAI and general anxiety, depression, attentional control, the scores on the Behavioural Inhibition Scale (BIS) and the Behavioural Activation Scale (BAS) and reward susceptibility. Participants (N = 586) completed the questionnaires in a wider online study. The scores on K -PAI revealed a moderate to strong positive association with different measures of anxiety, trait -anxiety in particular, and negative associations with attentional control and susceptibility to reward. K -PAI scores were strongly associated with depression, but displayed no relationship with the BAS or any of its sub -dimensions. These results generally replicated those obtained on the K -MPAI -R with Australian and Peruvian musicians, indicating the cross -cultural validity of the K -MPAI -R and K -PAI. It is suggested that performance anxiety develops on the basis of the biological predispositions and early negative experiences in performance contexts. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103971/PDF/PPB%203-18%206-J.Kantor%20i%20in.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103971 PY - 2018 IS - No 3: Advances in research on performance anxiety DO - 10.24425/119500 KW - performance anxiety KW - Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised KW - scale adaptation KW - cross-cultural validation A1 - Kantor-Martynuska, Joanna A1 - Kenny, Dianna T. PB - Committee for Psychological Science PAS VL - vol. 49 DA - 2018.07.15 T1 - Psychometric properties of the "Kenny-Music Performance Anxiety Inventory" modified for general performance anxiety UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103971 T2 - Polish Psychological Bulletin