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| Author(s): |
Antonio Waldo Zuardi
[1]
;
José Alexandre de Souza Crippa
[2]
;
Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak
[3]
;
Ricardo Gorayeb
[1]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Neurosci & Behav Sci, BR-14048900 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria; v. 35, n. 3, p. 248-253, 2013-09-00. |
| Abstract | |
Objectives: a) To perform a systematic and meta-analytic review to verify whether the Simulated Public Speaking Task (SPST) leads to a greater increase in self-rated anxiety than in physiological correlates of anxiety; and b) to compare the results obtained with the SPST with an actual public speaking task involving healthy volunteers. Methods: a) The PubMed and ISI Web of Knowledge databases were searched for studies involving the SPST prior to 2012. Eleven publications were eligible and provided data from 143 healthy volunteers for meta-analysis; b) 48 university students without somatic or psychiatric disorders were divided into three experimental groups of 16 subjects to undergo one of the following: SPST, real-world public speaking task (real-world), and control situation (control). Results: The meta-analysis showed that the SPST induced a significant increase in the Visual Analogue Mood Scale (VAMS) anxiety factor, but no significant increases in systolic blood pressure or heart rate. The empirical study showed that the real-world public speaking task increased heart rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure significantly more than the control and SPST conditions. Conclusions: These results suggest that real public speaking might be better than SPST in inducing experimental anxiety. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/03685-3 - Typical and atypical neurotransmitters in neuropsychiatric disorders |
| Grantee: | Francisco Silveira Guimaraes |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |