Treatment effectiveness of anxiety management training in small and large group formats.

The relative efficiency of anxiety management training (AMT) in a large group was compared to AMT in small groups and to a wait-list control. Ss were 67 undergraduates selected on basis of scores on the Trait scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Immediately after treatment, small-group AMT Ss reported significantly less general anxiety than controls. Follow-up at 7 wks revealed maintenance of this reduction of general anxiety and a further significant improvement on the Psychological Screening Inventory. In all comparisons, large-group AMT was not significantly different from either small group AMT or controls. No other significant differences among groups were found for personality variables, nontargeted anxieties, or grades. (14 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)