The alleviation of test anxiety by systematic desensitization |
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| Authors: | N W Freeling K M Shemberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;2. Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;3. Medical library, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;1. Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi 110025, India;2. Department of Physics, ARSD College, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110021, India;1. Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC), Villa Griffone, Via dei Celestini 1, 40037 Sasso Marconi, Italy;2. Centro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive (CsrNC), Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena Campus, Viale Europa 980, 47521 Cesena, Italy;3. Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy;4. IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Viale Ardeatina, 00179 Roma, Italy;1. Department of Earth Resources & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222-Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea;2. School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea;3. Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;4. Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea;5. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea;6. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;7. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University 20 Août 1955, Skikda, Algeria |
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| Abstract: | Twenty-eight test anxious Ss were randomly assigned to a relaxation group, a visual imagery group, and a systematic desensitization group in order to determine the relative effectiveness of each treatment in alleviating test anxiety. Following treatment, significant reductions in self-reported anxiety as determined by pre- and post-Test Anxiety Questionnaire (TAQ) scores occurred only for the systematic desensitization group. An analysis of the number of subjects per group showing reductions in TAQ score further supported the hypothesis that self-reported test-anxiety reduction occurs more reliably when both components of systematic desensitization are present. However, when the three groups were compared directly, only the visual imagery group was found to differ significantly from the systematic desensitization group, suggesting that relaxation alone may not be a totally ineffective treatment procedure. Results obtained with a second index of anxiety-reduction, performance on an anagram solution task, were not consistent with the self-report data. |
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