Effects of Relaxation and Deep-Breathing on High School Students: ACT Prep

Heidi A. Larson; Angela M. Yoder; Shannon Brucker; Jiwon Lee; Fred Washburn; Danessa Perdieu; Catherine L Polydore; Jennifer R. Rose

Effects of Relaxation and Deep-Breathing on High School Students: ACT Prep

Heidi A. Larson, Angela M. Yoder, Shannon Brucker, Jiwon Lee, Fred Washburn, Danessa Perdieu, Catherine L Polydore, Jennifer R. Rose

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to relieve test anxiety in high school juniors preparing to take the ACT: a high-stakes, college admissions, standardized test. Participants included 81 eleventh grade students (25 males, 56 females) from a Midwestern public high school. Results demonstrated that relaxation training in the experimental group significantly lowered student’s perceptions of test anxiety from pre-test to post-test. Further research regarding systematic deep breathing and relaxation techniques is needed.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Counseling in Illinois
Volume	1
State	Published - 2011

Keywords

test anxiety
high stakes testing
ACT
high school students

Disciplines

Education
Educational Psychology
Student Counseling and Personnel Services

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