The current study aimed to extend the evaluation of the utility of the Social Performance Rating Scale (SPRS) [Behav. Res. Ther. 36 (1998) 995]. We examined the utility of a modified SPRS for the behavioral assessment of public-speaking anxiety among patients with social phobia (n = 49). The videotaped performance of public-speaking fearful patients in a public-speaking task was rated using fou...

Inoculation theory offers a framework for protecting individuals against challenges to an existing attitude, belief, or state. Despite the prevalence and damaging effects of public speaking anxiety, inoculation strategies have yet to be used to help individuals remain calm before and during public speaking. We aimed to test the effectiveness of an inoculation message for reducing the onset of p...

One of the main challenges for English as Foreign Language (EFL) students in public speaking class was Anxiety (FLA). Due to COVID-19, must be conducted online. This study aimed examine level FLA online classes and discovered impacts on students' feelings upon joining class. research used a quantitative approach. The fifth-semester at Sanata Dharma University. researchers took 50 from total pop...

The study investigates Vietnamese non-English-majored freshmen's speaking anxiety. 297 freshmen enrolled at a public university in Vietnam answered the Questionnaire of Speaking Anxiety. results show that participants had moderate level English-speaking anxiety, with female students having higher anxiety than male students. To provide insights into sources anxiety-provoking situations and strat...

OBJECTIVES a) To perform a systematic and meta-analytic review to verify whether the Simulated Public Speaking Task (SPST) leads to a greater increase in self-rated anxiety than in physiological correlates of anxiety; and b) to compare the results obtained with the SPST with an actual public speaking task involving healthy volunteers. METHODS a) The PubMed and ISI Web of Knowledge databases w...

Public speaking is an important skill for everyone to master, especially those who are inthe field of communication including politics and leadership. Regarding this context, articleis the result community service program that aims provide understanding publicspeakings students at Fithrah Insani Islamic Senior High School. Moreover, eventprovides a proper training on how they can basically prac...

Research was conducted to test the effectiveness of a skills-based program as a method for reducing anxiety during public speaking. Twenty-five Japanese college sophomores were exposed to a systematic approach for developing a presentation that was theoretically linked to mechanisms to reduce communication apprehension (CA). Students gave four presentations that were graded by both teacher and ...