This study examined the effects of a self-coping cognitive treatment for test anxiety delivered in a massed format and a spaced format. Ninety-three test-anxious subjects were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (a) workshop, (b) six-session treatment, or (c) control. Subjects were pretested and posttested utilizing the Achievement Anxiety Test, the Text Attitude Inventory, and the Wonderlic Personnel Test. A multivariate analysis of covariance found an overall significant between-groups difference. Analyses of covariance found significant between-groups differences on each dependent measure. The Scheffe test for differences between means found significant differences between the control group and each treatment condition on each dependent measure. No significant difference was found between the two treatment conditions on the dependent measures. The results suggest that this treatment is effective in treating test anxiety.
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