The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training on the reduction of elementary school students' study stress and test anxiety.
The subject of this study was 32 students of the 6th grade in ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training on the reduction of elementary school students' study stress and test anxiety.
The subject of this study was 32 students of the 6th grade in M Elementary School, who were divided into the experimental group(N=16) and the control group(N=16).
The research hypotheses were as follows :
1-1 The scores on study stress of the experimental group receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training will be lower than those of the control group.
1-2 Within the experimental group, the scores on study stress will be lower after receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training than before it.
2-1 The scores on test anxiety of the experimental group receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training will be lower than those of the control group.
2-2 Within the experiment group, the scores on test anxiety will be lower after receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training than before it.
In order to test these hypotheses, Independent t-tests and Paired t-tests were executed.
The results of this study were as follows :
First, the scores on study stress of the experimental group students receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training turned out to be lower than those of the control group.
Second, within the experimental group, the scores on study stress turned out to be lower after receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training than before it.
Third, the scores on test anxiety of the experimental group students receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training turned out to be lower than those of the control group.
Fourth, within the experimental group, the scores on test anxiety turned out to be lower after receiving the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training than before it.
These results show that the cognitive-behavioral study stress coping training had effects on the reduction of elementary school students' study stress and test anxiety. And they also imply the necessity of further studies in a middle school or a high school.