The Treatment of Test Anxiety in College Students
Author : Theodore Earl Swigart (IV)
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Test anxiety
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Author : Theodore Earl Swigart (IV)
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Test anxiety
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Author : Victoria Dianne Burgin
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,44 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Behavior therapy
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Author : Charles Donald Spielberger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780891162124
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Kelsey Brown Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN :
Test anxiety is a significant problem for an estimated 20% of the college population, creating substantial distress and impairing test performance. This study evaluated whether a brief (single session), group-administered desensitization procedure would decrease test anxiety in a sample of college students. Participants were 59 undergraduate students recruited through the Psychology department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and were randomly assigned to control or treatment groups. The treatment group was guided through an Accelerated Massed Desensitization (AMD) process over one session lasting approximately 40 minutes. The control group took the same 40 minutes to watch an unrelated video. Pre- and post- test anxiety scores from both groups were measured using the Westside Test Anxiety Scale. This study found no significant differences between test scores of the treatment and control groups. Limitations and ideas for further research are discussed.
Author : Moshe Zeidner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0306471450
Examination stress and test anxiety are pervasive problems in modern society. As the information age continues to evolve, test scores will become even more important than they are today in evaluating applicants for demanding jobs and candidates for admission into highly competitive educational programs. Because test anxiety gen- ally causes decrements in performance and undermines academic achievement, the development of effective therapeutic interventions for reducing its adverse effects will continue to be an important priority for counselors, psychologists, and educators. Alleviating test anxiety will also serve to counteract the diminished access to edu- tional and occupational opportunities that is frequently experienced by test-anxious individuals. As its title promises, this volume provides a state-of-the-art evaluation of the nature, antecedents, correlates, and consequences of examination stress and test anxiety. Professor Zeidner’s cogent and comprehensive analysis of the affective, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral manifestations of test anxiety are grounded in the extensive knowledge he has gained from his own research on the assessment and treatment of test anxiety. This work has also benefitted from the author’s lo- standing and productive collaboration with leading contributors to test anxiety theory and research, and his active participation in national and international conferences devoted to understanding test anxiety, including those convened by the Society for Test Anxiety Research (STAR).
Author : Eugène Milton D'Andrea
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 38,67 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Universities and colleges
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Author : Eugène Milton D'Andrea
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Anxiety
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Author : James William Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Anxiety
ISBN :
Abstract ([3] l.) bound in.
Author : Elizabeth Hean Simpson
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 1996
Category : College students
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Author : Marvin Zuckerman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317592735
First published in 1976, this volume was completely new with original contributions and traces the advances in theory and research on anxiety and emotion of the previous decade. The authors examine the origins of fear, anxiety, and other emotions and consider self-report and psychophysiological approaches to the measurement of anxiety. Also considered are the effects of anxiety on the behaviour of normal and abnormal subjects, and the volume concludes with behavioural approaches to assessment and treatment of anxiety in clinical settings.