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STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING (SIT) ON STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY OF HIGH-STRESS SENIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

This study examined the impact of Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) program on the state-trait anxiety of 57 high-stress senior college students in one of the colleges in Mindanao using purposive sampling and quasi-experimental design with three treatment conditions 1) no training, 2) abbreviated Stress Inoculation Training, and 3) standard Stress Inoculation Training. Measured at three points in time: pre-intervention phase, post-intervention phase, and delayed post-intervention phase, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed a significant difference between groups on post-intervention state anxiety scores (postSAS) and delayed post-intervention state anxiety scores (delSAS) Wilk’s λ .84, F (4,104) = 2.45, p = .05. Univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed a significant difference in the post-intervention state anxiety scores F (2, 53) = 4.78, p = .01 with adjusted means significantly lower for the abbreviated Stress Inoculation Training group compared with the no training and standard Stress Inoculation Training groups. Multivariate analysis of covariance results further showed no significant difference between groups on the post-intervention trait anxiety scores (postTAS) and delayed post-intervention trait anxiety scores (delTAS) Wilk’s λ = .88, F(4,104) = 1.79, p = .14. Overall, results revealed that abbreviated Stress Inoculation Training effectively reduced state anxiety than standard Stress Inoculation Training. However, neither abbreviated Stress Inoculation Training nor standard Stress Inoculation Training effectively reduced trait anxiety. These findings support the efficacy of abbreviated Stress Inoculation Training in reducing state anxiety.