Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Reduction of Test Anxiety

Test Anxiety Clinical Trial

— GroupCBT  

Official title:

Test Anxiety: Pervasiveness, Link With Academic Achievement and Impact of Cognitive-behavioral Intervention in Its Reduction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04500340
• Other study ID #: UGrantsCommission
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 20, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: University Grants Commission
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Test Anxiety

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Group CBT for test anxiety
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).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Nepal	Nepal Mega College and K and K International College	Kathmandu	Bagmati

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Grants Commission

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nepal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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)