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Virtual reality acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for social and public speaking anxiety : A randomized controlled trial
2023
Virtual reality (VR) offers new and flexible ways to provide psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to develop and investigate the effectiveness of a VR intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for social and public speaking anxiety. ACT is a process-based approach that aims to (a) increase individuals’ abilities to handle difficult emotional and cognitive experiences and (b) develop the motivation required for change to occur. In this study, a sample of university students with social interaction or communication anxiety (N = 76; age M = 24.95, SD = 6.50, 69.7% females) was blindly randomized into a total of 2 h of VR ACT training (VRACT; n = 37) or a w…
Il fattore personale dell'argomentazione: una prospettiva retorico-antropologica
2014
Dans le cadre d’une approche philosophique et épistémologique, qui privilège le point de vue rhétorique sur l’argumentation et la ligne de pensée Aristote-Vico-Perelman, la thèse essaye d’analyser la construction de la subjectivité dans le discours argumentatif. Je cherche à montrer qu’il est possible de tracer une théorie de l’argumentation dans laquelle subjective n’est pas synonyme de fallacieuse.En général, la thèse analyse le rôle de celui qui parle et de celui qui écoute dans l’argumentation et dans tous les discours. Je vais soutenir est que la dimension personnelle n’est pas un élément qu’il faut supprimer mais, au contraire, un élément essentiel du discours argumentatif.Une approch…
Let's talk business! : a task-based material package of public speaking and small talk in the BELF context
2012
Arvioiden mukaan lähivuosina yli kolmannes maailman ihmisistä käyttää englannin kieltä. Tämä on jo vuosia näkynyt ja tulee myös tulevaisuudessa yhä enemmän näkymään kansainvälisessä liike-elämässä, jossa englantia käytetään lingua francana. Eritoten englannin suullinen taito, kuten julkinen puhuminen ja small talk, näyttelevät suurta roolia tässä kontekstissa. Huomionarvoista on kuitenkin se, että hyvin usein liike-elämän kieli- ja viestintäkoulutuksen opetusmateriaalit epäonnistuvat valmistamaan kansainvälisen liike-elämän toimijoita tosielämän tilanteisiin. Tästä johtuen olen maisterintutkielmassani koonnut opetusmateriaalipaketin, jonka keskiössä on ensinnäkin tulevien liike-elämän toimi…
Trait anxiety, experience, and the public speaking state responses of Finnish university students
1997
This study focuses on the public speaking state responses among 47 Finnish subjects. Cognitive, behavioral, and physiological components of stale‐responses were investigated in relation to speakers’ trait communication anxiety and amount of previous experience speaking in public. Trait communication anxiety was found to correlate significantly with the cognitive aspect of state response, whereas amount of previous experience was found to be reflected in subjects’ heart rates. Characteristics of the Finnish speech culture and educational system are discussed when interpreting the results.
Arousal Styles during Public Speaking
2002
The nature of the public-speaking context as a physiologically arousing communication context is well-known. During public speaking, a significant increase in heart rate level above the baseline has been found in various studies. In these studies, arousal styles during speaking have generally been described on the basis of mean heart rates among a group of participants. Individual variation in HR responses has not received much attention. The purpose of the present study was to examine individual differences in heart rate responses during public speaking and to account for these differences in terms of particular explanatory variables. The heart rate curves of 47 speakers were examined one …
An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study
2008
ABSTRACT This article discusses the development of the first totally self-administered online CBT program for the treatment of a specific social phobia (fear of public speaking) called talk to me. The online program includes three parts. The assessment protocol gives the patient information about the problem, including impairment, severity, and the degree of fear and avoidance regarding the main feared situations. The structured treatment protocol ensures that the patient does not skip any steps in the treatment. The treatment protocol is a CBT program that provides exposure to the feared situation using videos of real audiences. Finally, the control protocol assesses treatment efficacy, no…
Tēlainas valodas elementi TED prezentācijās
2020
Šī bakalaura darba mērķis bija atklāt, kāds ir iemesls, kāpēc epiteti, metaforas un hiperbolas tiek izmantotas TED prezentācijās, kas tālāk iedalās kādu epitetu un metaforu veidi tika izmantoti šajās prezentācijās, un atklāt, kad šie trīs specifiskie tēlainas valodas elementi tiek izmantoti. Izpētot šī pētījuma teorētisko daļu, kas sastāvēja no vairāku autoru sniegtajām definīcijām, tika secināts, ka šie trīs tēlainas valodas elementi publiskajās runās veic ievērojamu lomu, pievienojot tēlainību, vērš uzmanību un izplata informāciju. Un pēc daudzu TED prezentāciju videoierakstu novērošanas, divdesmit no tām tika izvēlētas tālākai izmeklēšanai, kur kļuva skaidrs, ka visi no tiem ietver vairā…
Prezentācijas 9. klases skolēnu runas plūduma uzlabošanai angļu valodas stundās
2020
Mūsdienu skolēniem ir jābūt gataviem izaicinājumiem un pieaugušo lomai nākotnē, kur liela nozīme ir prasmei izteikt savas idejas skaidri un pārliecināti. Prezentācijas ir lielisks veids, lai veicinātu pašapziņu un pārliecību par saviem spēkiem, uzstājoties auditorijas priekšā. Diplomdarba mērķis ir izpētīt, kā prezentāciju izmantošana var uzlabot 9. klases skolēnu runas plūdumu angļu valodas stundās. Gadījuma pētījums ir izvēlētais izpētes paņēmiens ar sekojošām datu vākšanas metodēm: skolēnu anketēšana pētījuma sākumā un beigās, lai uzzinātu viņu viedokli par prezentāciju efektivitāti uzstāšanās prasmju un runas plūduma uzlabošanā, skolotāju anketēšana, lai atklātu viņu viedokli par prezen…
Examining the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance and psychological flexibility
2020
Public speaking is an important skill for university students to learn and practice as they progress through education and into their careers. However, individuals often avoid facing public speaking, as they lack the skills to cope with the anxiety that arises when speaking in front of others. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance, and psychological flexibility. A sample of 95 college students completed psychological flexibility measures and self-ratings of public speaking anxiety before and after a public speaking challenge. A behavioral index of public speaking distress tolerance (i.e., speech duration) was also recorde…
Predicting autonomic reactivity to public speaking: don't get fixed on self-report data!
2002
The study focused on the prediction of autonomic reactivity to public speaking by using self-report and objective data (other-ratings and behavioral data) of task-induced nervousness and task engagement. Forty-one individuals participated in the study. Heart rate and electrodermal activity were recorded during baseline and speech delivery. Stepwise multiple regression analyses indicated that self-report data of task engagement and nervousness largely failed in predicting psychophysiological reactivity to the speech task. After controlling for baseline values, demographic variables, and self-report data objective variables, however, were strong predictors of autonomic reactivity. Heart rate …