Coping with test stress: microcomputer software for treatment of test anxiety

Test anxiety, described as "the most virulent impediment to effective role functioning in an educational setting" (Myers, R. A. 1986, Research on educational and vocational counseling; Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, pp. 728), is readily treatable through use of relaxation and desensitization strategies. To reduce clinician involvement, and thus potentially reduce costs to clients, a microcomputer program, Coping with Test Stress, was developed and tested. Initial case findings suggest that the Coping with Test Stress program may be useful in treating test anxiety among college graduate students.