اثربخشي روش درماني آموزش ايمن سازي در مقابل تنيدگي و حساسيت زدايي منظم در دانش آموزان مبتلا به اضطراب امتحان

COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF TWO METHODS OF STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING AND SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF STUDENTS WITH TEST ANXIETY

The aim of present research was examing the efficacy of stress inoculation training and systematic desensitization. The method of this study was field/experimental. The target population of the study consisted of high school students of Ahvaz city, The sample consisted of 180 boys and girls randomly selected from the subjects who were diagnosed as with test anxiety. Subjects were assigned randomly to four exprim ental and two control groups. Two techniques were used for therapy: Stress inoculation training and systematic desensitization. The instruments employed in this research were Test Anxiety Inventory as well as a psychological interview. A Repeated Mausure Analysis of Variances showed significant differences between therapeutical and control groups in variable of test anxiety. Multi-comparison tests revealed that stress inoculation training and systematic desensitization methods were effective in reducing test anxiety, in the exprimental groups, as compared with the control groups. In addition, stress inoculation training was found to he more effective in reducing worry component, than the systematic desensitization method.