An exploratory study of neuro linguistic programming and communication anxiety
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Authors
Brunner, Lois M.
Subjects
Neuro-linguistic programming
Communications anxiety
Communications apprehension
Communications anxiety
Communications apprehension
Advisors
Thomas, Gail Fann
Healy, Gene C.
Shudde, Rex
Date of Issue
1993-12
Date
December 1993
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis is an exploratory study of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and its capabilities to provide a technique or a composite technique that will reduce the anxiety associated with making an oral brief or presentation before a group, sometimes referred to as Communication Apprehension. The composite technique comes from NLP and Time Line Therapy, which is an extension to NLP. Student volunteers (17) from a Communications course given by the Administrative Sciences Department were taught this technique. For each volunteer, an informational oral presentation was made and videotaped before the training and another informational oral presentation made and videotaped following the training. The before and after training presentations for each individual volunteer were evaluated against criteria for communications anxiety and analyzed to determine if there was a noticeable reduction of anxiety after the training. Anxiety was reduced in all of the volunteers in this study.
Type
Thesis
Description
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Department
Administrative Science
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
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Sponsors
Funder
Format
89 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.