Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Test Anxiety

Artvin Coruh University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Therapy, Directly Observed

Treatments: Behavioral: ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY-BASED PSYCOEDUCATION

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05665933

Artvin Coruh U

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation on test anxiety, study skills and psychological flexibility on adolescents. test anxiety scale, study skills scale and psychological flexibility scale are data collection tools. The pretest-posttest is a randomized controlled trial. Experimental and control groups were formed. A 6-week psychoeducation will be applied to the experimental group.

Full description

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation given to adolescents on test anxiety, study skills and psychological flexibility.The research was designed as a randomized controlled study with pretest, posttest, experimental and control groups aiming to examine the results of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based psychoeducation for test anxiety and study skills. The number of effects of the study was targeted by the randomization method among the adolescents who met the inclusion criteria and accepted the application. In the power analysis, the evaluation of the number of increase is aimed at 0.05 aggression level at the 95% confidence interval, and 52 adolescents, 26 experimental and 26 control groups, to reach 80% power. Randomization methods were used so that individuals could be assigned to the experimental groups with equal chance, similar to the scores they obtained from the laboratory test anxiety periods. 52 adolescents who met the clinical research criteria for randomization were divided into 2 groups using the irregular numbers table, this group was named as the experimental and control groups by drawing lots. The group that came out first in the lottery at this stage was accepted as the experimental group. Psychoeducation is planned to be held between December 2022 and February 2023.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students' willingness to participate in research
• Students being 11th graders
• Getting a score of 50 or more on the test anxiety scale

Exclusion criteria

• Any degree of cognitive decline or impairment
• Presence of depressive disorder
• Presence of serious psychiatric disorder
• Being under treatment for a psychiatric condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

THE EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY-BASED PSYCOEDUCATION

Experimental group

Description:

PSYCHOEDUCATION PROGRAM Total Duration: 6 Weeks Session Duration: 90 min Frequency: 1 day per week Number of People: 30

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY-BASED PSYCOEDUCATION

THE EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY-BASED PSYCOEDUCATION ON EXAM ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS

No Intervention group

Description:

Similar training will be provided after the study is completed. Number of People: 30