Treatment of Test Anxiety by Applied Relaxation and Cue-Controlled Relaxation
| Autor: | Joseph J. Scalise, Francis G. Miller, Billy A. Barrios, Earl J. Ginter |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Future studies Relaxation (psychology) 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050109 social psychology Cognition Audiology medicine.disease 0504 sociology medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Psychology General Psychology Test anxiety |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 46:1287-1296 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pr0.1980.46.3c.1287 |
| Popis: | Several procedures have been used to produce relaxation and thus reduce test anxiety. The purpose of this study was to compare three types of treatment of test anxiety: applied relaxation, cognitive cue-controlled relaxation, and conditioned cue-controlled relaxation. Also, cognitive and conditioning explanations for the two cue-controlled treatments were explored Subjects were female undergraduates ( N = 18) scoring in the upper 15% of the distribution of 1,055 students completing the Suinn Test Anxiety Behavior Scale. Pre- and post-treatment scores on several self-report and performance measures of anxiety were used to evaluate the efficiency of each technique. Most statistically significant changes were obtained in the applied relaxation group. No significant differences were found between the two cue-controlled procedures used in the study. Recommendations concerning future investigations are discussed; specific procedural modifications for future studies are outlined. |
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