The effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy on increasing academic self-esteem and reducing test anxiety among students

Farhad Pour, Reyhaneh; Tabatabaei, Seyed Mahmoud

doi:10.22098/jrp.2021.1400

The effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy on increasing academic self-esteem and reducing test anxiety among students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

² Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

10.22098/jrp.2021.1400

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy on increasing academic self-esteem and decreasing the test anxiety among female school students in Tabriz. Test anxiety threatens students' mental health and impacts their efficiency, flourishing, personality development and social identity. Using one-step randomized cluster sampling, one of the schools was selected and Cooper self-esteem questionnaire and Smith's test anxiety scale were performed and 24 students were randomly selected who had the highest score in the anxiety test and the lowest score in self-esteem questionnaire. Eleven students were put in the experimental group and ten others in the control group. The experimental group was subjected to dialectical behavioral therapy for eight sessions. The data were analyzed using covariance and multivariate covariance. The results showed that group behavior therapy was effective in increasing academic self-esteem but in reducing the test anxiety and its components did not have a significant effect on students. The result of group therapy including dialectical behavioral therapy can increase self-esteem and reduce test anxiety.

Keywords

20.1001.1.27833208.2021.2.5.5.8

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