Multisite Virtual Reality Intervention for Speech Anxiety

Summary

Exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy is an efficacious treatment for speech anxiety and has been delivered effectively in a virtual reality (VR) environment. The present multicenter study (conducted through the Exposure Therapy Consortium) is designed to evaluate whether trait versus state positive affectivity is a more effective predictor of exposure therapy outcomes. Further, the investigators will examine whether the predictive significance of trait positive affectivity can be accounted for by examination of baseline levels of self-efficacy, hope, and optimism.

Conditions

• Public Speaking
• Speech Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Single-session VR exposure intervention

VR exposure is the only intervention, but the VR intervention is conducted following either positive or negative mood induction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas at Austin

  collaborator OTHER

• Curtin University

  collaborator OTHER

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• National University of Singapore

  collaborator OTHER

• Southern Illinois University

  collaborator OTHER

• Tufts University

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of New South Wales

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Western Sydney

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Arizona

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Hong Kong

  collaborator OTHER

• Philipps Universität Marburg

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Albright College

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Utrecht University

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston University Charles River Campus

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Michael Otto, PhD · Boston University

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-08

Primary Completion

2025-07-23

Completion

2025-07-23

Countries

• United States
• Australia
• China
• Germany
• Netherlands

Study Locations