Coping with Academic Stressors: A Pilot Study
Abstract
This report describes the development of a Coping Skills Program designed to deal with academic stressors. Subjects displaying serious academic difficulties were assigned to a coping skills group or to a no treatment control group. This training program involved providing subjects with information concerning the nature of stress, and with skills to enable them to deal more effectively with the cognitive and physiology components of anxiety. Various modules involved relaxation training, attentional training and training in inhibiting self interfering responses. Subjects were also given practice in using these coping skills in mildly stressful situations. Coping skills subjects as compared to controls were found to display significant reductions in test anxiety and also reported increased ability to cope with stressful situations in general, test taking situations, and public speaking situations. The implications of these findings for the development of stress management programs are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 20, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA034168
Entities
People
- Irwin G. Sarason
- James H. Johnson
Organizations
- University of Washington