Anxiety in Social Situations
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Anxiety, breathing techniques, public speaking, social anxiety
Abstract
There is evidence that suggests the effects of anxiety can be reduced through the application of various breathing techniques. The purpose of this study is to see if anxiety may be reduced through the use of a particular breathing technique, breathing following an external pacer. Participants are first asked to complete a state anxiety inventory to get a baseline measurement. Then, the participants are asked to read a short passage to the researcher and a camera followed by a second administration of the state anxiety inventory. The experimental group then does the breathing exercise for 5 min. The control group is asked to sit quietly for the same amount of time. After this, the participants are asked to read a different short passage in the same manner in front of the researcher and the camera. The participants are, then, asked to take the state anxiety inventory and a trait anxiety inventory. Results are expected to show that the participants in the experimental group experience less anxiety after the breathing technique is utilized and that there is not much difference in the level of anxiety for the control group between the first and second passage.
For this presentation, Jennifer Kenworthy received a College of the Sciences Best Poster Presentation Award for 2014.
Recommended Citation
Kenworthy, Jennifer, "Anxiety in Social Situations" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 163.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/163
Poster Number
46
Additional Mentoring Department
Psychology
Additional Mentoring Department
Psychology
Anxiety in Social Situations
SURC Ballroom C/D
There is evidence that suggests the effects of anxiety can be reduced through the application of various breathing techniques. The purpose of this study is to see if anxiety may be reduced through the use of a particular breathing technique, breathing following an external pacer. Participants are first asked to complete a state anxiety inventory to get a baseline measurement. Then, the participants are asked to read a short passage to the researcher and a camera followed by a second administration of the state anxiety inventory. The experimental group then does the breathing exercise for 5 min. The control group is asked to sit quietly for the same amount of time. After this, the participants are asked to read a different short passage in the same manner in front of the researcher and the camera. The participants are, then, asked to take the state anxiety inventory and a trait anxiety inventory. Results are expected to show that the participants in the experimental group experience less anxiety after the breathing technique is utilized and that there is not much difference in the level of anxiety for the control group between the first and second passage.
For this presentation, Jennifer Kenworthy received a College of the Sciences Best Poster Presentation Award for 2014.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Fallshore, Marte; Greenwald, Ralph; Matheson, Megan