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Kathryn Jameson; Nicholas Salsman; Samuel R. Eshleman Latimer – Journal of College Student Mental Health, 2025
Data testing the effectiveness of third-wave interventions to decrease college students' test anxiety is sparse. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with college students to examine whether an intervention using several DBT skills (DBT; Linehan, 2015a, 2015b) would decrease test anxiety. Participants (N = 48) were randomly assigned to one…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Test Anxiety, College Students, Program Effectiveness
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Toker, Betül; Avci, Rasit – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study examined the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral theory (CBT) psycho-educational group program on the academic procrastination behaviors of university students and the persistence of any training effect. This was a quasi-experimental research based on an experimental and control group pretest, posttest, and followup test model.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups
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Smith, Ronald E.; Nye, S. Lee – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1989
Assessed effects on undergraduate students (N=54) of direct (induced affect) and generalized (covert rehearsal) cognitive-behavior coping skills programs for test anxiety. Found both training procedures significantly reduced test anxiety but that induced affect yielded largest anxiety decrease and greatest test performance improvement while covert…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping