| Abstract: | Compared the effectiveness of treating 31 test anxious (Achievement Anxiety Scale) and 25 speech anxious (Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker) undergraduates in anxiety management training (AMT) groups composed of only test-anxious or speech-anxious Ss (homogeneous AMT) or a mixture of both (heterogeneous AMT). For test-anxious Ss, both forms of AMT significantly reduced state and trait test anxiety compared with controls, these gains were maintained, and Ss had higher psychology grades. Follow-up assessment evidenced nontargeted anxiety reduction for both forms of AMT, but showed that homogeneous AMT Ss reported less anxiety on the Fear Inventory than either heterogeneous AMT or control Ss. For speech-anxious Ss, heterogeneous AMT lowered speech anxiety significantly more and was the only condition to show any evidence of nontargeted anxiety reduction for Ss. Results are discussed in terms of immediate, efficient delivery of anxiety reduction services to a wide range of clients. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
