The Effect of Combination of Video Feedback and Audience Feedback on Social Anxiety: Preliminary Findings. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Junwen; Mak, Rebecca; Fujita, Satoko
• Is Part Of: Behavior modification. Volume 39:Number 5(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 721
• Page End: 739
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: video feedback -- audience feedback -- self-perceptions of performance -- appraisals of bodily sensations -- state anxiety -- social anxiety; Behavior modification -- Periodicals; Behavior therapy -- Periodicals; 153.85
• DOI: 10.1177/0145445515587087
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-4455

Abstract

Although video feedback (VF) is shown to improve appraisals of social performance in socially anxious individuals, its impact on state anxiety during a social situation is mixed. The current study investigated the effect of combined video feedback and audience feedback (AF) on self-perceptions of performance and bodily sensations as well as state anxiety pertaining to a speech task. Forty-one socially anxious students were randomly allocated to combined video feedback with audience feedback (VF + AF), video feedback only (VF), audience feedback only (AF), or a control condition. Following a 3-min speech, participants in the VF + AF, VF, and AF conditions watched the videotape of their speech with cognitive preparation in the presence of three confederates who served as audience, and/or received feedback from the confederates, while the control group watched their videotaped speech without cognitive preparation. Both VF + AF and AF conditions improved distorted appraisal of performance and bodily sensations as well as state anxiety. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.