GROUP COUNSELING AND BEHAVIOR THERAPY WITH TEXT-ANXIOUS COLLEGE STUDENTS.

14 HIGHLY TEST-ANXIOUS STUDENTS WERE SEEN IN A COMBINATION PROGRAM OF GROUP COUNSELING AND BEHAVIOR THERAPY (SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION). COMPARED WITH VOLUNTEER (N = 6) AND NONVOLUNTEER (N = 23) CONTROLS, GRADE-POINT AVERAGES FOR THE TREATED GROUP SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND TEST ANXIETY SCALE SCORES A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM. WHILE STUDENTS FELT THAT THE RELAXATION TRAINING AND SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION WERE HELPFUL, ALL CONSIDERED THE ADVICE AND DISCUSSION TO HAVE PLAYED THE MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE REDUCTION OF THEIR ANXIETY AND THEIR INCREASED ACADEMIC EFFECTIVENESS. (15 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)