{
  "title": "Public speaking: what research says about apprehension",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prise-de-parole-anxiete-exposition-recherche-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-09",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Fear of public speaking is among the most widespread. Clinical and applied work converges: gradual exposure works, surface tricks do not.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Public Speaking & Impact",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "A measured phenomenon",
      "point": "Graham Bodie (2010, Communication Education) reviews work on public-speaking apprehension: it combines a dispositional component and a situational reaction."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What works",
      "point": "Meta-analyses of interventions conclude that gradual, repeated exposure — speak, receive feedback, repeat — produces the most durable reductions in apprehension."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits",
      "point": "Many studies involve university students, and measures often rely on self-report."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What follows for training",
      "point": "Effective training organises filmed repetitions with structured feedback, rather than a theoretical course on rhetoric."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical implication, verifiable in Basel",
      "point": "Have each participant speak three times in the same day, with feedback on a single point each round."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Bodie",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Communication Education"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 206,
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}