Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Reduction of Test Anxiety

NCT04500340 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UGrantsCommission
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Test Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS)

  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.

  Change from Baseline Test Anxiety Scores after completion of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ( after one and half month)

Study Arms (2)

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Group CBT)

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention Group will receive ten-session group CBT for test anxiety. Two sessions will be carried out each week.

Behavioral: Group CBT for test anxiety

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The Control group will be waiting for the control group who will receive intervention if they demand after final assessment for outcome measure.

Interventions

Group CBT for test anxiety BEHAVIORAL

The cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol developed by Flaxman, Bond \& Keogh (2004) will be used as the intervention protocol. This protocol consists of 10 Sessions which are provided twice a week (each group will have 10 students).

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Group CBT)

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Those Studying Social work and Psychology as Major subjects, Those who have scored 3 and above in Westside Test Anxiety scale

You may not qualify if:

• Those scoring below 3 in Westside Test Anxiety Scale

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Grants Commission: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nepal Mega College and K and K International College

Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

Location

Study Officials

• Khem R. Bhatta, Master

  Tribhuvan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2020
• First Posted: August 5, 2020
• Study Start: February 20, 2019
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2019
• Study Completion: July 1, 2019
• Last Updated: August 5, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Locations

NE (1)