ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat efektivitas pemberian teknik CognitiveBehavioral Therapy (CBT) dalam menurunkan public speaking anxiety yangdimiliki oleh mahasiswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan pretest-posttest design,dimana peneliti melihat perubahan skor partisipan saat pre-test dan post-testdengan menggunakan Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA).Proses screening awal dilakukan dengan cara memberikan Interaction andAudience Anxiousness Scale (IAS dan AAS), serta wawancara pada mahasiswayang berminat mengikuti proses screening. Setelah screening dilakukan,terpilihlah tiga orang partisipan yang memenuhi kriteria partisipan penelitian danbersedia mengikuti intervensi CBT. Satu orang partisipan hanya mengikutiintervensi hingga sesi ketiga sehingga hanya dua partisipan yang mengikutiintervensi CBT sebanyak enam sesi. Hasil kualitatif dari penelitian inimenunjukkan bahwa CBT terbukti efektif dalam menurunkan public speakinganxiety pada mahasiswa.

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ABSTRAKThe objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Cognitive BehavioralTherapy in reducing public speaking anxiety in college students. This study usedpretest-posttest design by Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) tomeasure the changes of anxiety levels between before and after interventionprocess. Initial screening process is conducted by Interaction and AudienceAnxiousness Scale (IAS and AAS) as well as interviewed to college students.There were three participants elected as research participants through screeningprocess. At the end of intervention process, one participant only attended untilsession three. Only two participants who were attended six sessions of CBT. Theresult of this study suggests that CBT is effective to reduced public speakinganxiety in college students.