Test Anxiety: Pervasiveness, Link With Academic Achievement and Impact of Cognitive-behavioral Intervention in Its Reduction
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University Grants Commission
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study will evaluate the role of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in test anxiety. The study participants will be psychology undergraduates with social work and psychology majors. The students will be selected among those who score three or more in Westside Test Anxiety Scale will participate in the study. Westside Test Anxiety will be used two weeks after completion of the group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy protocol (Flaxman, Bond & Keogh. 2004). The result will be analyzed using the t-test and Cohen's d.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Those Studying Social work and Psychology as Major subjects, Those who have scored 3 and above in Westside Test Anxiety scale
Exclusion Criteria
- •Those scoring below 3 in Westside Test Anxiety Scale
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS)
Time Frame: Change from Baseline Test Anxiety Scores after completion of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ( after one and half month)
The WTAS consists of 10 items, each using a Likert response scale where 1= "Never true" and 5= "always true. Total score is divided by 10 to obtain final scores. The total score ranges from one to five. Score of 1-2.9 is considered normal test anxiety and score of 3-5 is labelled as high test anxiety.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Khem Raj Bhatta
Principal Investigator
University Grants Commission