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The use of stress inoculation training in the reduction of public speaking anxiety
Author(s) -
Jaremko Matt E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198007)36:3<735::aid-jclp2270360322>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , public speaking , flexibility (engineering) , clinical psychology , stress (linguistics) , stress reduction , developmental psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
Reported results of three separate speech anxiety treatment studies that used stress inoculation training (SIT). S s ( N = 62) were students in introductory speech classes who reported speech anxiety. Treatment consisted of variations of SIT that used a recently proposed educational rationale that allowed for maximal treatment flexibility. Anxiety measurement involved self‐report while the S was giving in‐class speeches and ratings of anxiety behaviors. Results revealed that treated S s improved significantly in self‐reported anxiety and self‐efficacy and that all S s improved on rated anxiety behaviors. Rival hypotheses for these results are presented and discussed.