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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Test Anxiety: A Pilot Study
- Source :
- Behavior Modification. 35:31-53
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2010.
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Abstract
- Many university students suffer from test anxiety that is severe enough to impair performance. Given mixed efficacy results of previous cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) trials and a theoretically driven rationale, an acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT) approach was compared to traditional CBT (i.e., Beckian cognitive therapy; CT) for the treatment of test anxiety. In this pilot study, 16 university students with test anxiety were randomly assigned to receive either a CT or ABBT 2-hr group workshop. The two treatments produced markedly different effects on test performance (measured by exam scores), with those receiving ABBT experiencing improvements in performance, whereas those receiving CT exhibited reduced performance. In addition, there was a suggestion that ABBT might have been more effective at reducing subjectively experienced test anxiety (i.e., a nonsignificant but medium-sized group by time interaction effect). Implications of these results for the treatment of test anxiety and for theoretical notions related to cognitive change strategies are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_treatment
Pilot Projects
Anxiety
Acceptance and commitment therapy
law.invention
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Randomized controlled trial
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive change
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Students
Test anxiety
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Cognitive restructuring
medicine.disease
Clinical Psychology
Treatment Outcome
Cognitive therapy
Female
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15524167 and 01454455
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Behavior Modification
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e60e742cfb72d6306e11eed9bfab171f