comparing the effectiveness of gestalt therapy and music therapy on test anxiety and educational well-being in Secondary school female students
Subject Areas : Tectonostratigraphy
sara jahani
1
(Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz, Iran)
Saeed Bakhtiyar Pour
2
(Department Of Psychology, Ahwaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz, Iran)
behnam makvandi
3
(Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ‎)
alireza heydarie
4
(Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ‎)
parvin ehteshamzadeh
5
(Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ‎)
Keywords: Music Therapy, Test Anxiety, Gestalt Therapy, Educational Well-being,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of gestalt therapy and music therapy on test anxiety and educational well-being in Secondary school female students. The research method was experimental ,with a pretest-post test design. The statistical population of the study included all the female secondary school students in Shiraz. The statistical sample included two training groups (Each comprising 15 people) and a control group (15 people) selected by multistage cluster random sampling method. The two experimental groups received Gestalt Therapy and Music Therapy. The research instrument included the Friedman Exercise Anxiety Scale and the Salemla-Aru and Apadaya educational well-being Scale .The results of multivariate analysis of variance revealed the significant effect of gestalt therapy and music therapy on test anxiety (F=20.44 & P=0.000) And educational well-being (F=47.48 & P=0.000).Also, there was no significant difference between Gestalt therapy and Music Therapy in exam anxiety and educational well-being (P> 0.05).
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