01826nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002800118653000900146653001800155100002100173700002200194700001900216700002000235245010900255300001200364490000600376520119800382022001401580020001401594       1996                            d  c07/1996bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aPublic speaking anxiety10aFear10aSocial phobia1 aIgnacio Montorio1 aMaría Fernández1 aSilvia Lázaro1 aAlmudena López00aPublic speaking difficulties in the university community: Efficacy of a training program for its control  a227-2440 v23 aSpeaking in public may be a perceived as a threatening situation, one that produces anxiety and fear, and problems associated with it are found in a variety of social groups, including among university students and staff . The aim of the present study is to analyze the statistical and clinical effectiveness of a public speaking program, designed by the Applied Psychology Service of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The program includes techniques including deep breathing, selfinstructions and public speaking training. Results form a sample of 45 people from the university community indicate the statistical and clinical effectiveness of this program for the public speaking. Specifically, as well as producing improvements with regard to decreasing the difficulties for public speaking, it led to modification of each the three types of response involved in those difficulties. Moreover, the improvement experienced by the subjects, 86% of whom ha some kind of public speaking difficulty, was maintained six months after the application of the program, with some aspects even showing an improvement over this period, according to various measures included in the program’s effects.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437