Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Reduction of Test Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Test Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Group CBT for test anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT04500340
• Lead Sponsor: University Grants Commission

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-02-20
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-01
• Study Completion: 2019-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-18
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Group CBT)	Group CBT for test anxiety	Intervention Group will receive ten-session group CBT for test anxiety. Two sessions will be carried out each week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS)	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nepal Mega College and K and K International College; 🇳🇵 Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal