Kabul ve Kararlılık Terapisi Temelli Sınav Kaygısı Psikoeğitim Grubu: Lise Son Sınıf Öğrencileriyle Bir Vaka Çalışması

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based psycho-educational group on test anxiety of high school students. The participants were six senior high school students with a high level of test anxiety and all of the participants were female. They were selected by a multi-stage sampling method. The psycho-educational group was designed to include six processes of psychological flexibility/inflexibility, which is the core concept of ACT; and it lasted six weeks by 90 minutes per week. Participants were interviewed before and after the psychoeducation group. The content analysis was applied and the findings of the ACT-based psychoeducation program revealed that participants’ test anxiety and psychological inflexibility level as well as how they handle the problem has changed as a result of this psycho-educational group process. The participants also stated that their definition of test anxiety problem has changed after the group process. Implications and suggestions for future research and practice were discussed.