Download or read book The Effect of Biofeedback on Test Anxiety and Performance written by Rebecca Grossman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback on Test Anxiety and Performance written by Michael L. Reed and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The applicability of electromyographic biofeedback toward alleviating test taking anxiety was examined along with the effects of relaxation training on general anxiety, locus of control, test performance, and muscle tension during a test. The Achievement Anxiety Test (AAT) was administered to 271 freshman psychology students. Students whose scores indicated high levels of test anxiety were invited to participate in the study. Twenty-seven volunteers were randomly assigned to three groups. Biofeedback (B) subjects received verbal instructions and muscle tension (EMG) biofeedback. Instruction-control (IC) subjects received verbal relaxation instructions alone. A second control group (C) received no treatment. B and IC subjects received eight half-hour relaxation sessions spread over four weeks. Forehead EMG was monitored during each session. Several self-report measures were administered to all subjects before and after training. They included the AAT, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Rotter Locus of Control (I-E) Scale. Additionally, forehead muscle tension data were collected on all subjects while they completed an easy and a hard form of the Raven Progressive Matrices test (presented with ego-involving instructions). Equivalent forms of the tests were used pre and post, and the forms were counterbalanced across subjects. Analysis of the EMG data collected during relaxation training indicated that B and IC subjects significantly reduced forehead muscle tension but did not differ from each other. EMG biofeedback appears to add little to the effectiveness of brief relaxation instructions and practice. Analysis of anxiety measures indicated that B and IC subjects changed significantly pre to post while C subjects changed very little. No between -group differences were found on any of the measures. On the I-E scale, only IC subjects showed a significant shift toward being more internal, reflecting an increased belief in personal control. The effect of relaxation training on test performance and muscle tension during testing was evaluated with an analysis of variance. Within-group EMG and performance changes were nonsignificant, suggesting there was no generalization of training effects. In addition, EMGs did not differ between Easy and Hard tests, although performance scores indicated there were real differences in test difficulty. The effects of relaxation training in this study are clearly limited to the reduction of resting forehead muscle tension and self-report anxiety. No training effects were found on test performance or EMG during testing. These results are due either to the methodological limitations of a laboratory testing situation, or that forehead EMG is not as good a measure of anxiety as other researchers have suggested.
Download or read book Effects of a Biofeedback Intervention on Student Test Anxiety and Performance written by Traci Barnable and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Biofeedback assisted Relaxation Training on Exam Anxiety and Performance written by Lexie Ashforth and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Biofeedback and Meditation on Test Anxiety written by Jennifer Emshoff and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Test anxiety affects millions of college students across the United States. The current study examines the effects of meditation and biofeedback on test anxiety. Previous research suggests that mediation reduces levels of anxiety and continued use is maintained through negative reinforcement. Additionally, research suggests that biofeedback may increase the likelihood an intervention technique is continued outside of the lab. Participants in the current study were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a controlled relaxation period, meditation instructions alone, or meditation paired with biofeedback assistance. Meditation instructions were identified based on their focus in diaphragmatic breathing and their open availability to participants. Those in the meditation paired with biofeedback reduced their heart rate during intervention and those in meditation alone during intervention and a post-intervention exam. These results correspond with previous research suggesting meditation is an effective anxiety reduction technique. When paired with biofeedback, the positive effects of meditation were blocked and a reduction in heart rate was not sustained. This suggests that meditation alone may be a better choice when studying anxiety reduction in the future. Unlike previous research, biofeedback did not affect intervention maintenance. In order to evaluate the applications of biofeedback within the field of anxiety, future research is still required.
Download or read book The Effects of Biofeedback induced Relaxation on Test math Anxiety and Related Test Performance for Children in a Special Elementary School for the Gifted written by Ronald L. Rubenzer and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of EMG Biofeedback Training Paired with Systematic Desensitization on Test Anxiety in High School Students written by Elizabeth Kay Ridgway and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EMG Biofeedback Training written by Kenneth C. Tuttle and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of EMG Biofeedback and Desensitization Upon Test Anxiety written by Mark J. Fulton and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback and Hypnosis Upon Test Anxiety in College Students written by James R. Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of EMG Biofeedback Training and Systematic Desensitization on Test Anxiety Reduction written by John Leonard Romano and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of a Biofeedback and Stress Management Course on College Student Anxiety and Academic Performance written by John T. Turner and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Biofeedback Training and Muscle Relaxation on Performance Anxiety in Musicians written by Beth A. Hoesman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Biofeedback Intervention Program on Anxiety Among Engineering Students at Universiti Malaysia Pahang written by Prima Vitasari and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anxiety is a major predictor of students' academic performance. High anxiety level has negative effects on their academic performance. Previous research has reported that many university students faced anxieties while undergoing their studies but did not receive adequate intervention program to reduce their study anxiety. Researchers also reported that biofeedback training has been proven to significantly reduce anxiety among individuals. This study was designed to explore anxiety problems faced by university students, and it employs pre post design to compare between groups. It also incorporates biofeedback training in the intervention program in reducing study anxiety for the improvement of students' academic performance. The training group were exposed to ten sessions of training but no intervention was given to the non-training group. Data collection is through a random survey, and the results are used to identify the study anxiety sources among the students. A total 770 engineering students were involved in the survey, while 205 students sat for the correlation test, and 70 students participated in the biofeedback training. The quantitative analysis was used to find significant effect of the intervention program. Study anxiety as an independent variable was measured by physiological arousal and cognitive anxiety. The academic performance uses grade point average (GPA) as a dependent variable. From the survey, seven significant sources of study anxiety were found: examination anxiety (the major source), social anxiety, presentation anxiety, mathematics anxiety, language anxiety, family anxiety, and library anxiety. Using Pearson correlation, a significant correlation between high level anxiety and low academic performance was found, with a small coefficient correlation (r = -.264; p = .000). Results of repeated measure indicated significant differences across 4 sessions in physiological arousal among training group. Using Paired t-test revealed that the training group showed significant reduced on all physiological and cognitive measures while not significant on all measures for non training group. For academic performance, both groups show significant improvement, with p = .000 for the training group and p = .001 for the non-training group. However, as for academic improvement, the training group showed a 25% improvement compared to 7% improvement for the non-training group. Based on the self-evaluation results, the participants in the training group achieved the following positive effects from the training: feel more relaxed and calm, more confident, reduced heartbeat rates, improved breathing techniques, improved study skills, better time management, increased concentration, and improved overall well being. In conclusion, the biofeedback intervention program is definitely effective in helping students reduce their study anxiety in improving academic performance. In addition, the study supported the Catastrophe model to examine the effect of biofeedback intervention program in reducing anxiety for the improvement academic performance.
Download or read book Electromyographic Biofeedback in the Desensitization of Test Anxiety written by Richard L. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematic desensitization has only been irregularly effective in improving the performance of test-anxious subjects in evaluative situations. It was hypothesized that this attributable to insufficient levels of muscular relaxation obtained with verbal relaxation procedures and that electromyographic biofeedback would lead to deeper levels of relaxation and hence improved performance scores among test-anxious subjects. Interestingly, despite the theoretical centrality of physiological relaxation in desensitization, few studies have directly assessed actual physiological parameters. In the present study subjects received multiple sessions of electromyographic biofeedback of frontalis muscle tension as well as standardized systematic desensitization sessions. After treatment frontalis tension levels indicated that significant muscular relaxation was achieved. Also, test anxiety has significantly decreased in the treatment group. However, there had been no improvement on several performance measures relative to a no-treatment control group. These results are interpreted as casting doubt on the view that test anxiety is primarily a problem of physiological overarousal. (Author).
Download or read book The Use of Biofeedback in Anxiety Management Training and Its Effect on Scholastic Performance written by Robert G. Eggleston and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of experiments, high and low anxious academically deficient cadets at the Air Force Academy received a program in Anxiety Management (AM) training which utilized biofeedback techniques, or a more traditional Study Habits Development (SHD) program, or a combined AM/SHD program. All subjects receiving Anxiety Management training significantly reduced electromyograph (EMG) anxiety/tension level. High anxious subjects in the AM group showed significantly more academic improvement than a demand control group and high anxious subjects in the SHD group. Low anxious subjects showed significantly greater improvement after Study Habits training.
Download or read book The Use of Biofeedback in Anxiety Management written by Robert G. Eggleston and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
