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Identifier	Thesis 2156
Author	Wolosz, Katie Elizabeth, 1986-
Title	Examining the treatment effects associated with public-speaking anxiety
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2011; *
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This study tested the effects of two treatments on anxiety related to public-speaking. College students who were enrolled in either a communication or psychology class were randomly assigned to one treatment condition. The treatment conditions include 1) Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) with blacked-out glasses and 2) VRET without blacked-out glasses. Each participant completed three treatment sessions followed by one in-class presentation. The PRCA, BAI, and PRCS were measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention and after the in-class presentation. Each participant’s heart rate and Subject Self Rating Scale of Anxiety scoreswere measured at pre-intervention, before and after all three treatment sessions, and in the hallway before and after the in-class presentation. However, each participant’s Subject Self Rating Scale of Anxiety scores were measured an additional two times, which include post-intervention and while seated in the classroom immediately following the in-class presentation. Research suggests that wearing a blindfold forces an individual to engage in a defocused gaze, which results in decreased feelings of anxiety and increased feelings of safety. Also, relaxation is more easily achieved when a person closes their eyes. Furthermore, wearing blacked-out glasses limits one’s ability to fully experience the virtual audience. Therefore, individuals are less likely to avoid the task because the situation appears easier to overcome. The researcher’s goal was to determine which intervention reduces anxiety more effectively. The researcher expected VRET with blacked-out glasses condition to be the more effective in terms of anxiety reduction. Overall, the VRET with blacked-out glasses condition did have lower anxiety levels on more measurement occasions on all dependent measures, but it was not significantly different from the other condition, even though the effect sizes ranged from moderate to large. This study demonstrates that blacked-out glasses may reduce public-speaking anxiety, but further research with a controlled design and larger sample size is needed.
Subject	Speech anxiety -- Treatment Public speaking
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Austad, Carol Shaw
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	804653148
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