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The Effectiveness of Unified Transdiagnostic Therapy Group Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies (Adaptive and Maladaptive) in Female College Entrance Exam Candidates with Test Anxiety
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Somayeh Askarpour   , Saeed Moshtaghi |
| Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University,Dezful, Iran , saeed1788@gmail.com |
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Introduction: College entrance exam students experience different challenges in their academic journey. The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of unified transdiagnostic therapy training on cognitive emotion regulation in female college entrance exam candidates with test anxiety.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included female high school students under the supervision and follow-up of academic counselors at Dezful city counseling centers in the academic year 2024-25 of which 30 people (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group) were selected by convenient sampling. The data collection tools were the Friedman & Bendas-Jacob Test Anxiety Questionnaire (1997) and the Garnefski & Kroaij Multidimensional Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2006). The unified transdiagnostic therapy training intervention was conducted on the experimental group during 10 sessions, two 75-minute sessions per week. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 28 software using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test. The significance level was considered to be 0.05.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the experimental and control groups in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up periods, and this intervention was able to improve cognitive emotion regulation strategies in college entrance exam candidates with test anxiety (p<0.01). Based on the effect size obtained, the effect on adaptive strategies was 0.60 and on maladaptive strategies was 0.52.
Conclusions: Given that unified transdiagnostic therapy training was effective in improving cognitive emotion regulation strategies, this method should be considered by therapists and psychology specialists as an effective method.
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| Keywords: Unified Transdiagnostic Therapy, Cognitive Emotion Regulation, Test anxiety, Entrance exam, Students. |
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Type of Study: Quantitative-Research |
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Received: 2025/10/7 | Accepted: 2025/11/24 | Published: 2025/11/1
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