The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Test Anxiety in Secondary School Girl Students
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Fateme
Hassanzadeh
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(Master of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Bojnourd, Iran)
Keywords: test anxiety, acceptance and commitment therapy, High school female students,
Abstract :
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on reducing the academic test anxiety among female high school students. Method: The statistical population of this study included all second-grade female high school students in District 5 of Tehran, of which 24 were selected by available sampling method based on the Spielberger test (1980). They comprised a statistical sample. The 24 subjects were randomly selected in two groups of 12 experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy, and the control group was on the waiting list. Analysis of covariance was also used to analyze the data. Results: The results of the comparison of the posttest anxiety test in the two groups by controlling the effect of the pre-test indicated that after taking part in admission and commitment treatment sessions, the test anxiety scores of the students who participated in the test group Had a significant decrease compared to the students who were replaced in the control group. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that acceptance and commitment therapy reduced students' test anxiety. In other words, students will be able to overcome their test anxiety by attending acceptance and commitment therapy sessions.
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