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Parker, Paul J. – 1973
The present study compared the effects of assertion with that of progressive relaxation training in systematic desensitization. Nineteen Ss were selected on the basis of exemplifying high debilitating test anxiety according to Alpert and Haber's (1960) Achievement Anxiety Test. Results showed that test anxious Ss who received either relaxation or…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior, Behavior Change
Peer reviewedRussell, Richard K.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Test-anxious subjects (N=19) participated in an outcome study comparing systematic desensitization, cue-controlled relaxation, and no treatment. The treatment groups demonstrated significant improvement on the self-report measures of test and state anxiety but not on the behavioral indices. The potential advantages of this technique over…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Cues
