@article{GoehringBoerdlein, author = {G{\"o}hring, Anja and B{\"o}rdlein, Christoph}, title = {Using Brief Habit Reversal to Decrease Speech Disfluencies in Public Speaking}, series = {Research on Social Work Practice}, journal = {Research on Social Work Practice}, publisher = {Sage}, doi = {10.1177/10497315241301372}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-57729}, pages = {10}, abstract = {Purpose: Many social workers are concerned about public speaking because of their use of speech disfluencies. Perrin et al. (2021) used brief habit reversal to reduce public-speaking speech disfluencies. The study was systematically replicated to evaluate the benefit of brief habit reversal training for social workers in decreasing speech disfluencies. Method: Nine students of social work, divided into three groups, participated in this study. After baseline, they received brief habit reversal, consisting of awareness training and instruction on a competing response. Results: The results showed that compared to baseline, all participants reduced speech disfluencies during brief habit reversal. The low rates of speech disfluencies were maintained during postsessions. At follow-up 2.5 to 6 weeks after training, six of nine participants achieved a reduction of at least 80 percent from baseline. Discussion: To further adapt the training to the field of social workers, further research would be necessary.}, language = {en} }