Compared effectiveness of counterconditioning and self-control models of systematic desensitization in reducing targeted and nontargeted anxieties. Treatments were equally effective in reducing and maintaining reduction of targeted anxiety, debilitating test anxiety. (Author)

A followup investigation of effects of self-control interventions on targeted (test) and nontargeted anxieties showed maintenance of nontargeted anxiety reduction. Subjects reported less nontargeted anxiety than controls. Differences on nontargeted anxiety measures approached significance for subjects in modified desensitization. (Author)

Compared effects of relaxation as self-control and a self-control variant of systematic desensitization in reducing targeted (test anxiety) and nontargeted anxieties with those of wait-list and no-treatment expectancy controls. Groups given relaxation as self-control and modified desensitization reported less debilitating test anxiety than…

For test anxious subjects, both forms of anxiety management training (AMT) significantly reduced test anxiety compared with controls. For speech anxious subjects, both forms of AMT reduced speech anxiety; however, heterogeneous AMT lowered it more than homogeneous AMT. (Author/BEF)

Anxiety management training and self-control desensitization effectively reduced debilitating test anxiety and increased facilitating test anxiety. Follow-up demonstrated maintenance of debilitating test anxiety reduction. Subjects receiving treatment had significantly higher psychology grades. (Author)

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…

A follow-up study found that both homogeneous and heterogeneous anxiety management training (AMT) led to continued reports of significantly less debilitating test or speech anxiety than the controls. The combined AMT group reported significantly less nontargeted anxiety than the combined control group on one of two nontargeted anxiety measures.…

Deffenbacher describes test anxiety as a psychological problem and outlines five possible responses of counseling. Carr suggests test anxiety is a political problem calling for preventive counseling stretegies rather than remedial corrective approaches. (Author)