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Enhancing Generalization of Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Philipps University Marburg
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorPhilipps University Marburg
Started2025-11-26
Est. completion2026-11
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 70 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT07323498

Summary

This randomized controlled trial examines whether imagery-based extinction memory updating following a standardized virtual reality (VR) exposure session improves the generalization of exposure effects to novel public speaking contexts. Individuals with elevated public speaking anxiety will complete a single-session VR speech exposure. Participants are randomized to (a) standard mental rehearsal of the exposure experience or (b) mental rehearsal plus guided imagery that updates the extinction memory with novel, non-exposed contexts. Generalization is assessed 7-14 days later using a multi-context behavioral approach test (BAT) in vivo and in VR.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 70 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* speech anxiety scale score of ≥ 18 on the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension, Public Speaking Subscale (PRCA-PS)
* Self-report of 18 - 70 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

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Conditions3

AnxietyPublic Speaking AnxietyPublic Speaking Fear

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