Date of Graduation
12-2023
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Communication Disorders and Occupational Therapy
Advisor/Mentor
Higgins, Kristin K.
Committee Member
Self, Sheila
Second Committee Member
Blisard, Paul
Third Committee Member
Christian, David D.
Keywords
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing; EMDR; Test anxiety; College students; TAI (Test Anxiety Inventory)
Abstract
Test Anxiety (TA) has become a major concern for college students. Experiencing mental concern about test-taking perpetuated by physiological hyperarousal directly affects students’ ability to be successful in college. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a multi-faceted therapeutic approach that aims to process dysfunctional negative cognitions which originate with negative past experiences to an adaptive state. Developed by Francine Shapiro in 1989, the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model undergirds the 30-second, therapist-initiated, bi-lateral eye-movements. These movements identify and reprocess emotionally disturbing experiences, linked to an individual’s emotional expression, by deliberatively triggering a connected trauma network. This dissertation examined the impact of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing on self-reported test anxiety in the college student population. A single case research design (SCRD) was used to examine whether eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing impacts college students’ self-reported scores on the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-T) and its subscales of worry (TAI-W) and emotionality (TAI-E) (Spielberger, 1980). Keywords: eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, test anxiety, college, students, TAI
Citation
Wilson, R. (2023). The Impact of Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing on Self-Reported Test Anxiety in College Students. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/5106
