Applied Self-Statement Modification and Applied Modified Desensitization in the Treatment of Speech Anxiety: The Synergy Hypothesis.

Autor/in	Melanson, Diane C.
Titel	Applied Self-Statement Modification and Applied Modified Desensitization in the Treatment of Speech Anxiety: The Synergy Hypothesis.
Quelle	(1986), (260 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Structures; Cognitive Style; Communication Apprehension; Communication Problems; Communication Research; Communication Skills; Counseling Techniques; Desensitization; Higher Education; Public Speaking; Relaxation Training; Speech Instruction; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Kognitive Psychologie; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Kommunikationsbarriere; Kommunikationsforschung; Kommunikationsstil; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Desensitisation; Desensibilisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Vortrag; Entspannungstraining; Speech training; Sprechübung
Abstract	A study examined the relative effectiveness and synergistic effect of two treatments for reducing speech anxiety--Self-Statement Modification (SSM), a therapy focused on modification of cognitive behavior; and Modified Desensitization (MD), a therapy focused on physiological variables, utilizing relaxation training, group hierarchy construction, and reciprocal inhibition of anxiety through the pairing of imaginal scenes with relaxation. Four treatments--SSM, MD, Cognitive Modification (a combined version of SSM and MD), and an attention-placebo treatment--were administered to four different groups (a total of 53 university students with high self-ratings of speech anxiety) in four two-hour periods, preceded and followed by assessment sessions. A five-week follow-up assessment was performed, which included self-report measures of speech and social anxiety, as well as stress-condition measures (self-report and behavioral) of acute speech anxiety. Results indicated that SSM was the most effective strategy for reducing speech anxiety, and that students experiencing high social anxiety benefited more from treatments than those experiencing low social anxiety. The synergy hypothesis, designed to examine an additional unique effect resulting from the interplay of procedures, was not supported. (Fourteen tables and three figures are included, and appendixes providing the rationale and guidelines for treatment, speech anxiety hierarchy, handout material on Self-Statement Modification and Speaking Skills, assessment instruments, confidential evaluation, and 187 references are appended.) (MM)
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