Widening the lens: An interdisciplinary approach to examining the effect of exposure therapy on public speaking state anxiety.
Description:
This study used an interdisciplinary 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 anxiety during their post-test presentation than did the control group. This lead to the conclusion that exposure therapy can be used to help students enrolled in …
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Date:
August 2007
Creator:
Finn, Amber N.