The effectiveness of stress inoculation training on test anxiety and educational performance of guidance school students of Orumia city

• Main Authors: Rahim badri, Davood Hossaini nasab, Asghar Rashidi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2009-02-01
• Series: آموزش و ارزشیابی
• Subjects: test anxiety; stress inoculation training; and educational performance
• Online Access: http://jinev.iaut.ac.ir/article_522015_cd889cfc3cb3fe079a57c977151eee9f.pdf

The study was for to examine the effectiveness of stress inoculation training on test anxiety and educational performance. The population of the study consisted of guidance school students of Orumia city. The sample consisted of 60 boys and girls randomly selected from the subjects who were diagnosed as with test anxiety. Subjects were assigned randomly in two experimental and two control groups (boys and girls separately, each group containing 15 individuals). Intervention methods included programs for training: Relaxation, Self- instruction (guided self-dialogue), Breath control, guided imagery and problem-solving skills for confronting anxiety in testing situations. The instrument employed in this research was Phillips Test Anxiety Inventory. The hypotheses were tested using the factorial analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The result of the study shows that stress inoculation training reduces of subjects and has positive effect on educational performance of students. . Furthermore, the results indicated a significantly group*sex effect for test anxiety and educational performance. In otherwise, stress inoculation training had a different effect on test anxiety and educational performance in the both girls and boys groups.