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Reducing Test Anxiety in High School Students

NCT05481099 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 519

Last updated 2022-08-01

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Summary

School-age test anxiety is an important risk factor for school performance. Notwithstanding, few studies seek to identify which strategies are effective in improving test anxiety. This study aimed to test whether a cognitive-behavioural intervention for high school students could significantly reduce test anxiety.

A two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled, unblinded, parallel, trial was conducted. Participants were students of the 10th year of the Alves Martins High School in Viseu, Portugal. Students were randomized at class level to receive a cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness, psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques, or to a control group with no intervention. Participants' anxiety levels were measured using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The analysis of the effect of the intervention was carried out on an intention-to-treat basis at the class level, using multilevel mixed effects models and Bayesian modelling.

Conditions

  • Test Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention

Cognitive-behavioural-based intervention combined with mindfulness (attention focus), psychoeducation, and relaxation techniques (short version of Jacobson's progressive relaxation, breathing exercises)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Casa de Saúde São Mateus - Hospital

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-10
Completion
2020-03-10

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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