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Peer reviewedMcMillan, Joan R.; Osterhouse, Robert A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1972
This study examined the effectiveness of systematic desensitization for reducing the anxiety of highly test-anxious students who differed in their level of generalized anxiety. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Desensitization, Psychological Patterns
Blum, Donna M. – Canadian Counsellor, 1972
In keeping with a learning theory approach, it is postulated that fear of examinations was a learned maladaptive pattern of behavior. Therefore, counter-conditioning through progressive relaxation and systematic desensitization was utilized to eliminate the maladaptive response in this case. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Desensitization
