Comparing the effectiveness of academic life skills training and motivational self-regulation on exam anxiety
Subject Areas : Educational PsychologyKobra Allahverdiani 1 , Masoomeh Azmoodeh 2 , touraj hashemi 3 , Khalil Esmaeelpour 4
1 - 2- Ph. D. student in Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - 3- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - 4- Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iranr
4 - 5- Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Keywords: cognitive processes, Exam anxiety, anxiety, academic life skills, motivational self-regulation,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of academic life skills training and motivational self-regulation on exam anxiety. research method was a Quasi -experimental type with pre-test, post-test and control group. The studied population consisted of all female students of the second year of high school in the five education and training districts of Tabriz city in the academic year of 2021-2022. From among the statistical population using random cluster sampling method, 77 students who had a higher score than the test anxiety scale cutoff score were selected as a sample and randomly replaced in experimental and control groups. Data measurement tools were Sarason test anxiety questionnaire. The academic life skills training package was carried out in the first experimental group and the motivational self-regulation strategies training package was carried out in the second experimental group. There was no intervention on the control group. Descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the effectiveness of education based on academic life skills and motivational self-regulation strategies was different on exam anxiety (P < 0.01, F = (48, 1) 8.67). It can be concluded that the effect of motivational self-regulation strategies on exam anxiety was more than that of academic life skill training.
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