Objective: Test anxiety is a physiological condition in which people experience extreme stress, anxiety, and discomfort during and/or before taking a test. Test anxiety treatments included medical treatment and psychotherapy. In this report, we want to discuss cognitive behavioral therapy for test anxiety.
Method: We perform 6 sessions cognitive behavioral group therapy for test anxiety. After six sessions, group therapy patient’s scale scores was decreased significantly.
Results: Our group have 6 students, who have test anxiety. One patient was dropped out on second session and others completed the six-session treatment.
Conclusion: Test anxiety have physical symptoms, emotional symptoms, behavioral and cognitive symptoms and it can actually impair learning and hurt test performance. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is very useful in treating anxiety disorders. It was noted that cognitive behavioral therapy was effective treatment for test anxiety in controlled trails. CBT helps to change the pattern of thinking that support the fear and help the sufferer overcome the negative beliefs.