Multisite Virtual Reality Intervention for Speech Anxiety

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Public Speaking, Speech Anxiety

In brief

Exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy is an efficacious treatment for speech anxiety and has been delivered effectively in a virtual reality (VR) environment. The present multicenter study (conducted through the Exposure Therapy Consortium) is designed to evaluate whether trait versus state positive affectivity is a more effective predictor of exposure therapy outcomes. Further, the investigators will examine whether the predictive significance of trait positive affectivity can be accounted for by examination of baseline levels of self-efficacy, hope, and optimism.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06593847

Run by

Boston University Charles River Campus

People needed

1542

Starts

2024-10-08

Expected to finish

2025-07-23

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-report of 18 - 70 years of age
• Current student at a participating University
• Ability to read English to provide informed consent
• Familiarity with a computer keyboard and mouse or a touch screen device (e.g. phone, tablet).
• For Phase 2: speech anxiety scale score of ≥ 18 on the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension, Public Speaking Subscale (PRCA-PS)

You may not qualify if…

• Previous participation (i.e., no participant may take the survey more than once).

Where it is running

• University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Southern Illinois University — Carbondale, Illinois, United States
• Tufts University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Boston University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Albright College — Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Texas at Austin — Austin, Texas, United States
• Western Sydney University — Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
• University of New South Wales — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Curtin University — Bently, Western Australia, Australia
• University of Hong Kong — Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
• Philipps-Universität Marburg — Marburg, Hesse, Germany
• Erasmus University — Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Utrecht University — Utrecht, Netherlands

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