Analysis on the Causes and Treatment of Public Speaking Anxiety

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10.2991/assehr.k.200826.103How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Public speaking anxiety, fear of public speaking, causes of public, speaking anxiety, symptoms of public speaking anxiety, methods for reducing public speaking anxiety

Abstract

Public speaking anxiety refers to the fear and worry people have when holding public speeches. It is not only a disrupting type of anxiety, but also a highly pervasive one. Thus, understanding public speaking anxiety is very important. That is why this study, containing much of the current knowledge and discoveries on public speaking anxiety, is conducted. By now, the main cause of public speaking anxiety is thought to be related to negative self- image. Besides, the unfamiliarity towards words, the lack of experience, unfamiliar environment, new audience, status difference between speakers and listeners, and the position of speakers and audiences etc. are all stimuli of public speaking anxiety. Since public speaking anxiety is found to exert negative effect on the speaker both physically and emotionally, general methods for reducing public speaking anxiety have been proposed, including communication orientation motivation, cognitive restructuring, visualization, and systematic desensitization.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tianxin Li
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - Analysis on the Causes and Treatment of Public Speaking Anxiety
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 514
EP  - 518
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.103
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.103
ID  - Li2020
ER  -