The Effect of Hypnotherapy on Reducing Presentation Anxiety in Students

Abstract

Being a student is not only required to receive all information but also required to be able to provide information, meaning that students are required to play an active role in doing all their tasks. One of those tasks is public speaking/presentation. But some students avoid presentations out of anxiety. So there is a need for psychological intervention methods that can reduce the level of anxiety in students. One of the methods of intervention in overcoming anxiety problems is the hypnotherapy method. This study aims to determine the effect of hypnotherapy on reducing anxiety during presentations to students. This study used a quasi-experimental method (Quasi Exsperimental Research) with two groups of prettest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were students aged 18-25 years and had anxiety with a medium-high category using the anxiety scale of speaking in front of the class during presentations. The sampling technique in this study is the sample quota. The hypothesis test in this study used Kruskal Wallis and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test which are nonparametric versions of paired tests. The results showed that hypnotherapy was significant in reducing anxiety during student presentations with (p) = 0.048