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Bloom, Marshall H.; Segal, Jann F. – 1977
Two groups of college students participated in test-anxiety reduction programs at a Learning Resource Center. One group (six students) participated in systematic desensitization procedures and the other group (17 students) was exposed to study skills methods of reducing test anxiety. Students in both groups were pretested and posttested with the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Desensitization, Higher Education
Reister, Barry W.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
Investigated relative effectiveness of rational behavior therapy and systematic desensitization in the treatment of state (test) anxiety and trait anxiety. There were no significant differences between the rational behavior and systematic desensitization groups in regard to test anxiety reduction, but the behavior group did have significantly…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedNaveh-Benjamin, Moshe – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
To investigate whether there are 2 types of test-anxious students, those with poor study skills and those with difficulties in retrieving material, study skills training or anxiety desensitization were provided to 84 high test-anxious university students in Israel. Results support the theory of two types of test-anxious students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Desensitization
