The effectiveness of education based on acceptance and commitment on distress tolerance and test anxiety in students
Subject Areas : Educational Science
Seyyed Vahid Javadi
1
,
Mohammad hasan ghanifar
2
,
fatemeh shahabizadeh
3
1 - PhD student in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad Institute, Birjand branch, Birjand, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Birjand Branch, Birjand, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Birjand Branch, Birjand, Iran
Keywords: test anxiety, Distress Tolerance, Education based on acceptance and commitment,
Abstract :
The aim of the present research was to determine the effectiveness of education based on acceptance and commitment on tolerance of distress and test anxiety among male second secondary school students in Birjand city. This research was a semi-experimental type that was conducted as a pre-test-post-test with a 3-month follow-up period. The statistical population included second year secondary school boys in Birjand city. Among the second secondary schools of Birjand city, one school was randomly selected and using G Power software, a sample size of 52 students was considered and the students were randomly divided into two groups (26 students in the education group) based on acceptance and commitment and 26 people were included in the control group. The data were analyzed with repeated measures analysis of variance. The findings of the present study showed that education based on acceptance and commitment increases the level of distress tolerance and decreases the students' test anxiety compared to the control group (p<0.001). The results of the Bonferroni test showed that the influence of education based on acceptance and commitment over time was significant for test anxiety and distress tolerance. Considering the impact of education based on acceptance and commitment on increasing distress tolerance and reducing test anxiety in students, counselors and therapists can use this approach to reduce test anxiety and also increase students' distress tolerance level.
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