The comparative effectiveness of heart rate biofeedback, speech skills training, and a combination of both in treating public-speaking anxiety

1982 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. McKinney ◽  
Robert J. Gatchel
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Comparative Effectiveness ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Public Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Speaking Anxiety

A Comparison of three Behaviour Therapies in the Treatment of Social Phobia

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Public Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Previous Trial ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Present Trial

No previous trial has been reported in which only patients with social phobia were treated. There were nine such patients in a previous trial involving 18 agoraphobics and 18 other phobics (Gelder et al, 1973), in which they responded poorly to desensitization but no conclusion could be drawn from such a small sample. Gordon Paul (1966) found that volunteers with public speaking anxiety, a limited manifestation of social phobia, responded better to desensitization than to psychotherapy. Donald Meichenbaum (1971) also showed that similar volunteers responded well to desensitization but when social anxiety was more general subjects did better with a psychotherapy involving modification of self-instructions. It seemed clear that desensitization in the treatment of patients with social anxiety required further investigation and in the present trial it was compared with imaginal implosion and also with social skills training, an in-vivo treatment.

scholarly journals The Comparative Effectiveness of Systematic Desensitization and an Integrative Approach in Treating Public Speaking Anxiety: A Literature Review and a Preliminary Investigation

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. Rossi ◽  
William J. Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Comparative Effectiveness ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Public Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Systematic Desensitization ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Trait And State Anxiety

An analysis of the literature related to public speaking anxiety (PSA) and various treatments of it are discussed. PSA is a state or situational type of anxiety which can have tremendous effects on those who suffer from it. Two of the major treatments–systematic desensitization (SD) and the integrative approach (IA) are reviewed and then experimentally tested to determine which is the more effective in treating PSA. The results are somewhat inclusive but there is strong evidence to suggest that both SD and IA reduce trait and state anxiety. It was, however, found that IA is more effective in decreasing the symptoms associated with PSA.

Differential relations between heart rate and skin conductance, and public speaking anxiety

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney J Croft ◽  
Craig J Gonsalvez ◽  
Joanne Gander ◽  
Lisa Lechem ◽  
Robert J Barry
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Public Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Differential Relations
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