Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert M. An opposing view of test anxiety has been Kaplan, PsychologyClinic, San DiegoState University, offered by Spielberger (1972) who con-San Diego, California 92182. ceptualizes test anxiety as a situation-spe

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Meichenbaum's cognitive behavior modification treatment for test anxiety consists of a cognitive (insight) and a behavioral (modified desensitization) component. In the present experiment variations on the insight and the behavioral component of the program were examined. Subjects (N = 45) were randomly assigned to one of three treatment or two control groups. One group received Meichenbaum's cognitive behavior modification treatment. For a second group Meichenbaum's desensitization component was retained but the insight component was altered by substituting specific statements concerning pressure. In the third group Meichenbaum's insight component was retained and test taking practice was substituted for the desensitization component. All treatment groups also received study skills training. One control group received study skills training but did not experience cognitive-behavior modification and a second control group received no treatment at all. Multiple self-report and performance measures of anxiety were obtained. The combination of Meichenbaum's insight component with test taking practice was most effective in increasing facilitating anxiety and decreasing debilitating anxiety.

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