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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Public Speaking Anxiety"”.
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Hardiness and public speaking anxiety: Problems and practices.
… the personality construct of hardiness and public speaking anxiety. Although hardiness has been widely explored in a variety of anxiety-arousing life events, its relationship with communication anxiety had not been previously studied. Therefore, hardiness, public speaking trait anxiety, and …
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Virtual reality exposure therapy as a psychological intervention for public speaking anxiety
… therapy as psychological interventions for public speaking anxiety." Note this is a meta-analysis (form of literature review).<br/><br/>Public speaking anxiety (PSA) is a highly prevalent condition which can be associated with disabling occupational, educational and social consequences. A …
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The effects of a virtual reality environment on students with public speaking anxiety
Social phobia and public speaking anxiety (PSA) are highly prevalent and debilitating. While psychological treatments have been shown to be effective, few decide to seek treatment. Using virtual reality in an exposure component has been proposed to increase the number of people who seek treatment. …
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Do College Students with Public Speaking Anxiety Show an Attentional Bias Toward Threat?
… from neutral cues plays an etiological role in anxiety. The present study examines whether a preconscious attentional bias (AB) toward threatening stimuli exists in individuals with public speaking anxiety. Participants included 61 undergraduates with high and low speech anxiety. AB was measured …
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The Speaking Cognitions and Attention Scale: An Empirically-Derived Measure of Public Speaking Anxiety
<p>Although public speaking anxiety is one of the most commonly reported causes of both clinical and non-clinical anxiety, many of the currently used questionnaire measures of public speaking anxiety do not reflect the advances made in recent decades regarding empirical methods of test …
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The Use of Systematic Desensitization and Conditioned Relaxation in The Treatment of Public Speaking Anxiety
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Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety For Community College Students: The Effects of A Combination Anxiety Reduction Technique on Trait and State Anxiety
… (CA) was examined in this study. Trait and state anxiety were examined by using community college students enrolled in four sections of a required basic speech communication course. The sample size consisted of 81 students, ranging in ages 17-82. Each student was asked to complete a trait anxiety …
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The impact of virtual environment on physiological reactivity and perceived physiological arousal among students with public speaking anxiety and the mediating role of safety behaviors
… examine whether individuals with high levels of public speaking anxiety (PSA) would demonstrate higher physiological reactivity and perceive higher physiological arousal to public speaking in a virtual reality (VR) environment than individuals with low PSA levels and whether this relationship …
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Investigating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment skills training for people with moderate public speaking anxiety via a randomised controlled trial of group versus self-help format
Public speaking anxiety (PSA), widespread amongst students and also the general population, is associated with substantial distress and interferes with a person’s ability to give a presentation or speech. This can lead to difficulties in social, occupational and academic areas of functioning. …
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Exploring the impact of group work on communication apprehension for business students
… in groups can help students lower their level of public speaking anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine how a group public speaking assignment can impact the overall level of public speaking anxiety experienced by business students in a required oral communication course. Two …
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Widening the lens: An interdisciplinary approach to examining the effect of exposure therapy on public speaking state anxiety.
… approach to examine an intervention for reducing public speaking state anxiety. A quasi-experiment was conducted to determine if a multiple-exposure treatment technique (TRIPLESPEAK) would help to attenuate public speaking anxiety. The treatment group reported experiencing significantly less state …
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Strategies for ESL Students in Community Colleges to Develop Their Public Speaking Skills
… students in community colleges to develop their public speaking skills. Effective oral communication skills are commonly needed by employees in the workplace at all different levels. The project focused on three key areas: 1) ways to reduce the fear and anxiety associated with public speaking; 2) …