University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of Research in Psychopathology 2783-3208 4 13 2023 08 01 The effectiveness of emotional cognitive-behavioral therapy (ECBT) on reducing test anxiety and its components in students with special learning disabilities 51 57 1626 10.22098/jrp.2022.10589.1087 EN Azam Yaghoobian Department of Educational Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran Hasan Mirzahosseini Department of General Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran Majid Zarghamhajebi Department of Educational Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. Journal Article 2022 04 06 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (ECBT) on test anxiety components in students with specific learning disorders (SLD). This research was an experimental study with pre- and post-test and a control group. The population of the present study was all fourth to sixth grade elementary students of two learning disabilities centers under the supervision of education office in district 2 of Rasht who had referred to improve their learning disabilities and were studying in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample included 30 students with specific learning disorders (SLD) who were selected through availability sampling and classified into two groups: experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=20). For data collection, we used Brooks (2015) test anxiety questionnaire. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed the emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy was effective in reducing the components of test anxiety in students with specific learning disorders. Based on the obtained results, it can be said that emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy can decrease the test anxiety of these students by making changes in inconsistent cognitive thoughts and distortions using emotion regulation techniques. https://jrp.uma.ac.ir/article_1626_2835450e6b57042d677917d498d3eda0.pdf