Effectiveness of written exposure therapy on level of glossophobia among nursing students in selected nursing institutes

American Psychiatric Association, (2013). Glossophobia, also known as public speaking anxiety, is classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a social anxiety disorder commonly experienced by students, specifically those studying in their non-primary language.Glossophobia (in Greek glossa means tongue and Phobos means fear or dread) is the anxiety of speaking in public It affects approximately 75% of the population, and accounts for one of the most pervasive world dreads. Written exposure therapy was adapted by Sloan and colleagues from the Pennebaker & Beal (1986) version. The first treatment session is 60 minutes in length and provides psychoeducation about reactions to trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, and written exposure therapy Followed by a 30-minute written trauma narrative session. METHDOLOGY The researcher used a quantitative research approach in the present study.The research design that is chosen for this study is a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design. The population was nursing students in selected nursing institutes. The sample consisted of 60 nursing students in selected nursing institutes. The sampling technique used was the non-probability purposive sampling technique. The setting was a selected nursing institutes.Modified public speaking anxiety scale was the tool to assess the level of glossophobia among nursing students in selected nursing institutes. The intervention given to the selected samples was written exposure therapy .The content validity of the tool was done and was found to be 0.95.The study was done for 28 days. written exposure therapy was administered to the experimental group of 30 nursing students and was not administered to the control group of 30 nursing students. The post-test was collected on the 28th day.