Journal article
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Test Anxiety: A Pilot Study
Behavior modification, v 35(1), pp 31-53
01 Jan 2011
PMID: 21177517
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Abstract
Many university students suffer from test anxiety that is severe enough to impair performance. Given mixed efficacy results of previous cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) trials and a theoretically driven rationale, an acceptance-based behavior therapy (ABBT) approach was compared to traditional CBT (i.e., Beckian cognitive therapy; CT) for the treatment of test anxiety. In this pilot study, 16 university students with test anxiety were randomly assigned to receive either a CT or ABBT 2-hr group workshop. The two treatments produced markedly different effects on test performance (measured by exam scores), with those receiving ABBT experiencing improvements in performance, whereas those receiving CT exhibited reduced performance. In addition, there was a suggestion that ABBT might have been more effective at reducing subjectively experienced test anxiety (i.e., a nonsignificant but medium-sized group by time interaction effect). Implications of these results for the treatment of test anxiety and for theoretical notions related to cognitive change strategies are discussed.
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- Title
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Test Anxiety: A Pilot Study
- Creators
- Lily A. Brown - Brown UniversityEvan M. Forman - Drexel UniversityJames D. Herbert - Drexel UniversityKimberly L. Hoffman - Drexel UniversityErica K. Yuen - Drexel UniversityElizabeth M. Goetter - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Behavior modification, v 35(1), pp 31-53
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]; Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000285502100002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78650381912
- Other Identifier
- 991019168441804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical