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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

The Effects of Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy on Public Speaking Anxiety and Self-Focused Attention in Female University Students

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2019, v.24 no.2, pp.293-309
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2019.24.2.001




Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of virtual reality graded exposure therapy on public speaking anxiety and self-focused attention among female university students. Sixty-five female university students who scored more than 71 on Speech Anxiety Scale were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n=31) or a wait-list control group (n=34). The experimental group completed 4 sessions of virtual reality graded exposure therapy over a period of 2 weeks (30 minutes each, twice a week). The two groups completed questionnaires during the pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at three-weeks after the treatment period. Some of the measurement versions used in this study included the Korean version of Speech Anxiety Scale (K-SAS), the Korean version of the Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory (K-SATI), Scale for Dispositional Self-Focused Attention in Social situation (SDSAS), Subjective Anxiety Ratings, Timed Behavior Checklist for Performance Anxiety (TBCL) and a Fingertip pulse oximeter. The results revealed that the experimental group’s speech anxiety, speech anxiety thoughts, self-focused attention, subjective anxiety, observer evaluation of anxiety behaviors, and heart rate significantly decreased compared to the wait-list control group. These effects were maintained at the three-week follow-up period. In the RCI, the treatment response rates were significantly higher in the experimental group. This study discusses the implications of those results and suggestions for future research.

keywords
점진적 가상현실 노출치료, 가상현실, 발표불안, 자기초점적 주의, Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy, Virtual Reality, Speaking Anxiety, Self-focused Attention

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