Comparing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) for Test Anxiety

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Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

This study proposes to compare the effectiveness of an acceptance-based intervention and a cognitive control-based intervention for coping with test anxiety in nursing students during the HESI (Health Education Systems, Inc.) examination. Subjects will be randomized to receive either the CT or the ACT condition. In both conditions, subjects will receive an education on test anxiety to inform them about what test anxiety is and why it occurs. Then, the different conditions will receive the respective treatment of either CT or ACT. The study is considered minimum risk because the nursing students will only be exposed to an amount of anxiety that is typical of their testing experience. Both conditions will meet three times, with each session lasting approximately one and a half hours. The purpose of the treatment is to provide subjects with tools to help them cope with their test anxiety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00850226

Run by

Drexel University

People needed

50

Starts

2009-02-01

Expected to finish

2010-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-06-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nursing student subjects may only participate if they are currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at Drexel University.
• They must be nursing majors enrolled in Nursing 492 and intending to take the cumulative HESI examination.
• Psychology students must be enrolled in the courses where recruitment will occur.
• Pre-professional students must be currently enrolled at Drexel University, and planning to take a Standardized test within 6 months.
• All subjects must be at least 18 years of age or older.

You may not qualify if…

• Persons may not participate if they are unable to see/read words off of a computer screen.

Where it is running

• Drexel University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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