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In session virtual reality use for public speaking anxiety : A randomized controlled trial
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- Carlbring, Per (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Klinisk psykologi
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Lindner, P. (author)
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- Miloff, Alexander (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Klinisk psykologi
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Fagernäs, S. (author)
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Andersen, J. (author)
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Sigeman, M. (author)
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Furmark, T. (author)
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Andersson, Gerhard (author)
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- 2017
- 2017
- English.
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Abstract
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- Fear of public speaking is common and for some individuals this interferes significantly with the person's life and causes marked distress. We wanted to test a newly developed virtual reality assisted 1-session in-person treatment (3 hours). The therapist guided session consisted of a series of behavioral experiments based on the expectancy violation principle. This was followed by a 4-week booster intervention delivered via the internet. Following a diagnostic interview a total of 50 individuals with a score of ≥ 60 on the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety questionnaire were randomized to a treatment or a control condition. A total of 78% also met criteria for social anxiety disorder. Considering only having had one treatment session in-person the preliminary results were promising with a between group effect size on the primary outcome (Public Speaking Anxiety Scale) of Cohen’s d=1.32 before commencing the internet-based booster program. Four weeks later the between-group effect size was d=1.90. However, on the secondary outcome measures the effect sizes were more often moderate than large. At the time of the conference 6-month follow-up data will be available in addition to the already collected post-assessment data (analyzed according to the intention-to-treat principle).
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- virtual reality
- expectancy violation principle
- fear of public speaking
- Psychology
- psykologi
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- ref (subject category)
- kon (subject category)
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