The Effectiveness of Attribution Retraining Intervention on Test Anxiety Level and Obsessional Perfectionism of Female High - school Student with Test anxiety

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Psychology department, Payame Noor University, Center of Semnan

2 Semnan University

3 Assistant Professor of university ,Department of Psychology,payame-noor university ,ُُTehran,]ran,Box,19395-3697,Tehran,Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a attribution retraining programm on the test anxiety level and obsessional perfectionism of the high -school girl students with test anxiety.

Method: In a randomized controled trial design among statistical population consisting all female high-school students of the Semnan high-schools,during 2018 academic year, a total sample of 50 subjects selected  by a cluster-sampling method, and divided randomly to  experimental and control groups. Two standard questionnaires of the research included:1- Friedman Test Anxiety and 2- Hill's Perfectionism Scale.

Results: Our findings revealed significantly reduced mean scores of the obsessional perfectionism and test anxiety of the high-school girls in the experimental group than control. Six subcomponents of perfectionism including: organizing, striving for excelence, need for approval, concern over mistakes,      parental pressure and rumination, as well as, cognitive error  from test xiety were significant. No other  significant component was evident.

Conclusion: It could be mention that the  the attribution retraining intervention  could reduce the test anxiety level, as well as, obsessional perfectionism in the female high-school students and  can help to student's mental health promotion.

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Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 42
September 2019
Pages 40-51

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  • Receive Date: 18 May 2019
  • Revise Date: 18 November 2019
  • Accept Date: 12 June 2019

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