Benefits of expressive writing in reducing test anxiety: A randomized controlled trial in Chinese samples.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the effect of expressive writing of positive emotions on test anxiety among senior-high-school students.

Methods

The Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) was used to assess the anxiety level of 200 senior-high-school students. Seventy-five students with high anxiety were recruited and divided randomly into experimental and control groups. Each day for 30 days, the experimental group engaged in 20 minutes of expressive writing of positive emotions, while the control group was asked to merely write down their daily events. A second test was given after the month-long experiment to analyze whether there had been a reduction in anxiety among the sample. Quantitative data was obtained from TAS scores. The NVivo10.0 software program was used to examine the frequency of part

SUBMITTER: Shen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798770 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature