PMID- 16814744
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080108
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0005-7967 (Print)
IS  - 0005-7967 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Mar
TI  - A randomised placebo-controlled trial of a self-help Internet-based intervention 
      for test anxiety.
PG  - 483-96
AB  - Test anxiety is widespread and associated with poor performance in academic 
      examinations. The Internet, not well-proven for the treatment of anxiety, should 
      be able to deliver highly accessible Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). This study 
      sought to test the hypothesis that CBT, available on the Internet, could reduce 
      test anxiety. Ninety university students were randomly allocated to CBT or a 
      control program, both on the Internet. Before and after treatment, the 
      participants completed the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), an Anxiety Hierarchy 
      Questionnaire (AHQ), the Exam Problem-Solving Inventory (EPSI), the General 
      Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Heim reasoning tests (AH) as a measure of test 
      performance. Of the CBT and control groups 28% and 35%, respectively, withdrew. 
      According to the TAI, 53% of the CBT group showed a reliable and clinically 
      significant improvement with treatment but only 29% of the control group 
      exhibited such a change. On the AHQ, 67% of the CBT group and 36% of the control 
      group showed a clinically significant improvement, more than two standard 
      deviations above the mean of the baseline, a change in favour of CBT. Both groups 
      improved on the GSES, in state anxiety during exams retrospectively assessed, and 
      on the AH tests. The improvement on the AH tests was probably a practice effect 
      and not a reflection of a change in capacity for academic testing. This study 
      thus supports use of CBT on the Internet for the treatment of test anxiety.
FAU - Orbach, Gili
AU  - Orbach G
AD  - Child Psychiatry, St. Georges Team, Lanesborough Wing, St. Georges Hospital, 
      Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, UK.
FAU - Lindsay, Stan
AU  - Lindsay S
FAU - Grey, Susan
AU  - Grey S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20060630
PL  - England
TA  - Behav Res Ther
JT  - Behaviour research and therapy
JID - 0372477
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internet
MH  - Male
MH  - Test Anxiety Scale
MH  - Therapy, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2006/07/04 09:00
MHDA- 2008/01/09 09:00
CRDT- 2006/07/04 09:00
PHST- 2005/08/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/04/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/04/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/07/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/01/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/07/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0005-7967(06)00090-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.brat.2006.04.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Res Ther. 2007 Mar;45(3):483-96. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.04.002. Epub 2006 
      Jun 30.