Clinical trial NCT05665933: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Test Anxiety
Official title: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Test Anxiety in Adolescents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Therapy, Directly Observed
Keywords: acceptance and commitment therapy
test anxiety
study skills
psychological flexibility
Lead sponsor: Artvin Coruh University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-12-27
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: randomized controlled trial with pretest posttest, experimental and control groups
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change of Exam Anxiety Scale Total Score
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Change study skills in adolescents.
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change the level of psychological flexibility
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Artvın
country: Turkey
facility: ArtvinCoruhU
state: Center
city: Artvın
country: Turkey
facility: ArtvinCoruhU
Study officials:
affiliation: https://www.artvin.edu.tr/kubra-tan
name: Kübra Tan
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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