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Nwobodo, Patience1, Onwuasoanya, Paul N.1, Chigbu, Francisca E.2, Chukwu, Peter N.3, Omeje, Joachim C.1 |
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Webology. 2022, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p737-750. 14p. |
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This study investigated the effects of systematic desensitization on test anxiety of adult learners in Enugu State. The study adopted the pretest, posttest, non-randomized and non-equivalent control group quasi experimental design. The sample of the study comprised the 140 adult learners drawn from three adult learner centres in Agbani education zone through purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was the Miller’s Test Anxiety Scale (TAS). The instrument yielded an alpha coefficient of 0.74 using current population. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) will be used to test the hypotheses. These differences in the pre-test results provided basis on which it could reasonably be assumed that both the treatment and control groups had an equivalent entry test anxiety at the commencement of the treatment. The overall result indicates that adult learners exposed to treatment using systematic desensitization had significant improvement on their test anxiety (Reduction) than those who were not exposed to treatment (control group). This is evidenced by the adult learners’ reduction in manifestation of test anxiety. In other words, the adult learners adopted more rational behaviour pattern after being exposed to the treatment (systematic desensitization). The overall result indicated that adult learners exposed to systematic desensitization had significant reduction in their test anxiety than those not exposed. Hence, there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test mean scores of adult learners due to systematic desensitization effect on test anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
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