Cognitive behavior therapy for academic burnout, procrastination, self-handicapping behavior, and test anxiety among adolescents: a randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Academic stressors among adolescents, strongly associated with emotional disturbance, increase the chance of psychiatric problems, and their severity increases over time when emotional and educational issues remain unresolved. The present study is designed to investigate the impact of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) on procrastination, burnout, self-handicapping behaviour, test anxiety, and school functioning among adolescents facing academic problems.

Materials and methods

A total of 200 adolescents were enrolled for eligibility assessment; 129 participants met the eligibility criteria, and they were allocated to the experimental and waitlist control conditions. After the baseline assessment, participants were involved in the treatment condition, and after 6-8

SUBMITTER: Khurshid K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789360 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature