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Comparison of Individualized Covert Modeling, Self-Control Desensitization, and Study Skills Training for Alleviation of Test Anxiety.
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Harris, Gina; Johhson, Suzanne Bennett – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Individualized covert modeling and self-control desensitization substantially reduced self-reported test anxiety. However, the individualized covert modeling group was the only treatment group that showed significant improvement in academic performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Desensitization
Anxiety Management Training and Self-Control Desensitization: 15 Months Later.
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Deffenbacher, Jerry L.; Michaels, Ann C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
A 15-month follow-up study found that anxiety management training and self-control desensitization groups continued to report significantly less debilitating test anxiety than the control group. Anxiety management training and self-control desensitization groups also reported significantly less nontargeted anxiety than controls on both measures of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Coping
Group Vicarious Desensitization of Test Anxiety.
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Altmaier, Elizabeth Mitchell; Woodward, Margaret – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Studied test-anxious college students (N=43) who received either vicarious desensitization, study skills training, or both treatments; there was also a no-treatment control condition. Self-report measures indicated that vicarious desensitization resulted in lower test and trait anxiety than study skills training alone or no treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Audiovisual Aids, College Students