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Peer reviewedSmith, Ronald E.; Nye, S. Lee – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
Both Desensitization and implosive therapy resulted in significant decreases in scores on Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale. However, the desensitization group also demonstrated a significant reduction in state anxiety assessed during simulated testing sessions and a significant increase in grade point average, while the implosive therapy group showed…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Desensitization, Fear
Peer reviewedDeffenbacher, Jerry L.; Shelton, John L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Effects of systematic desensitization and anxiety management training in reducing test anxiety and generalizing to other anxieties were compared. Both desensitization and anxiety management training produced significant reduction of text anxiety, but by follow-up, anxiety management training produced significantly more test-anxiety reduction on…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students
