Objective: to evaluate the perception of medical students from two institutions in north Minas Gerais regarding fear public speaking and association with sociodemographic, economic anxiety level variables. Materials Methods: cross-sectional, analytical study, consisting 346 using identification data, Self-Statements during Public Speaking Scale (SSPS) Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: mean age w...

Research suggests that individuals with social anxiety show an attention bias for threat-relevant information However, few studies have directly manipulated attention to examine its effect on anxiety. In the current article, the authors tested the hypothesis that an attention modification program would be effective in reducing anxiety response and improving performance on a public-speaking chal...

A principle characteristic of public speaking anxiety relates to intrusive mental images of potential future disasters. Previous research has found that the self-reported emotionality of such "flashforwards" can be reduced by a cognitively demanding, dual-task (e.g., making eye movements) performed whilst holding the mental image in-mind. The outcome measure in these earlier studies was partici...

The ability to communicate effectively is a crucial aspect of education. For college students, learning how speak in public essential for their academic and professional future. However, many students report fear speaking public, the so-called Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA). This study aims implement training program using Virtual Reality (VR) with distractors reduce students' anxiety. was measu...

Despite the fact that second/foreign language speaking anxiety is a counterproductive phenomenon in the teaching and learning of English and language anxiety has a debilitating effect on the oral performance of speakers of English, teachers do not always identify anxious students, and often attribute their unwillingness to participate in speaking tasks to factors such as lack of motivation, or ...