Examining the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance and psychological flexibility
Examining the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance and psychological flexibility
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.04.003
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Lappalainen, Raimo
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作者：
Gallego, Ana;McHugh, Louise;Lappalainen, Raimo
公开演讲是大学生在教育和职业生涯中学习和实践的一项重要技能。然而，人们常常避免公开演讲，因为他们缺乏应对在他人面前演讲时产生的焦虑的技能。目前的研究旨在调查公开演讲焦虑、痛苦耐受性和心理灵活性之间的关系。 95 名大学生样本在公开演讲挑战前后完成了心理灵活性测量和公开演讲焦虑的自我评估。还记录了公开演讲痛苦耐受性的行为指数（即演讲持续时间）。结果表明，自我报告的公开演讲焦虑与心理灵活性的许多方面（即对经验的开放性、自我视角技能和认知融合）显着相关。这些发现表明，对经历的开放性是制定干预措施以应对本科生自我报告的公开演讲焦虑的关键因素。然而，如果我们想增加言语持续时间作为痛苦承受能力的行为指标，与行为意识和有价值的行动相关的培训技能可能更相关。我们讨论了结果与大学生公开演讲干预措施发展的相关性。
Public speaking is an important skill for university students to learn and practice as they progress through education and into their careers. However, individuals often avoid facing public speaking, as they lack the skills to cope with the anxiety that arises when speaking in front of others. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance, and psychological flexibility. A sample of 95 college students completed psychological flexibility measures and self-ratings of public speaking anxiety before and after a public speaking challenge. A behavioral index of public speaking distress tolerance (i.e., speech duration) was also recorded. The results showed that self-reported public speaking anxiety correlates significantly with a number of aspects of psychological flexibility (i.e., openness to experiences, self-perspective skills, and cognitive fusion). These findings suggest that openness to experiences is a key factors in developing interventions to cope with self-reported public speaking anxiety for undergraduate students. However, if we want to increase speech duration as a behavioral index of distress tolerance, training skills related to behavioral awareness and valued actions might be more relevant. The results are discussed in terms of their relevance to the development of public speaking interventions for university students.