Repeated brief VR exposures reduced state anxiety during the first two practice sessions.¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? State anxiety decreased during the first two practice sessions. → Sülter 2022

Evidence¶

Sülter 2022¶

Sülter, R.E., Ketelaar, P.E., & Lange, W.G. (2022). SpeakApp-Kids! Virtual reality training to reduce fear of public speaking in children: A proof of concept. Computers & Education, 178, article 104384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104384

q2 · i? · causal · r1

This evidence comes from the study's first reported finding, a within-condition comparison of self-reported state anxiety across the three public speaking practice sessions in the SpeakApp-Kids! prototype. The article reports that children aged 9-12 years showed "a decrease in state anxiety during the first two practice sessions". No effect size is printed for this decrease, so no magnitude is reported here.

"First, we found a decrease in state anxiety during the first two practice sessions."

Discussion¶

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