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Article: Effects of Systematic Desensitisation (SD) therapy on the reduction of test anxiety among adolescents in Nigerian schools.(educational psychology research)(includes statistical tables)
- Article from:
- Journal of Instructional Psychology
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
- Author:
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This study investigated the effect of Systematic Desensitisation (SD) therapy on the reduction of test anxiety on some identified test anxious students. In addition, three secondary independent variables were studied along. These were entry test anxiety level, sex, and locus of control. A 2 x 2 x 2 way factorial design was employed. SD was found effective in the reduction of test anxiety of the students who were test anxious F-ratio = 9.261 with df (1,74). Entry test anxiety level of subjects was found to be significant on the level of reduction of test anxiety students F = 27.458 with df (1,74). Sex had no significant effect on the reduction of test anxiety of students F ...