Efficacy of Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Test Anxiety
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gader Hatami; Nasser Sobhi Garamaleki; Karim Babayi Nadinloyi; Hasan Sadeghi; Hamed Rostami
- Source
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 84:303-307
- Subject
- introvert
Extraversion and introversion
media_common.quotation_subject
medicine.medical_treatment
Target population
medicine.disease
Test (assessment)
One-way analysis of variance
cognitive therapy
students
Cognitive therapy
medicine
Personality
General Materials Science
Psychology
Test anxiety
Clinical psychology
media_common
- Language
- ISSN
- 1877-0428
This research investigates the efficacy of cognitive therapy in reducing test anxiety. The method of this study was experimental and the target population was undergraduate students of Tehran city. The sample consisted of 90 girls randomly selected from the subjects who were diagnosed as with test anxiety by TAI and psychological interview. Subjects were assigned randomly to experimental and control groups with regard personality components (Introvert and Extravert). The cognitive therapy was used as therapy techniques.A one way analysis of variance showed significant differences between experimental and control groups in variables of test anxiety. Tuky test demonstrated that cognitive therapy was effective in reducing test anxiety. In addition t test demonstrated that cognitive therapy was more effective in reducing test anxiety of introvert students.