College Students' Test Anxiety and Listening Test Scores: CB and MAC-Based Psychoeducation Vs. No Treatment Control. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huffman, Jonathan Michael; Provorse, Dave; Hockett, Jericho; Kerr, Barbara A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of creativity in mental health. Volume 17:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 200
• Page End: 216
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Cognitive behavioral -- mindfulness acceptance commitment -- psychoeducation -- test scores -- college students -- creativity in counseling; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Arts -- Therapeutic use -- Periodicals; Cultural psychiatry -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 616.89165
• DOI: 10.1080/15401383.2020.1848678
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-1383

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to compare two psychoeducation interventions of cognitive behavioral (CB) and mindfulness acceptance commitment (MAC)-based models against a no treatment control (NTC) group with test anxiety and exam scores on a written and music listening test. Three sections of an undergraduate course participated ( N = 104), with each assigned to a condition: (a) CB psychoeducation ( n = 40), (b) MAC psychoeducation ( n = 26), and (c) NTC group ( n = 38). Participants in the CB and MAC psychoeducation received two 20-minute PowerPoint lectures that described the theoretical principles of their assigned condition and were encouraged to utilize the material in managing their test anxiety. CB and MAC-based psychoeducation improved participants' knowledge of these models and improved test scores on music listening tests. Results suggest that CB and MAC-based psychoeducation are promising interventions for improving listening test scores and should be further studied.