Management of Test Anxiety Among Pupils in Basic Science Using Music‑Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy Intervention: Implication for Community Development
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Management of Test Anxiety Among Pupils in Basic
Science Using Music‑Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Intervention: Implication for Community Development - Author(s)
- Christian S. Ugwuanyi, Chinedu I. O. Okeke, Matthias U. Agboeze See all items with this value
- Date
- 2020 See all items with this value
- Description
- Efectiveness of music-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) intervention has been established on various participants such as students in secondary schools, university students, and other categories of adults. However, there is a dearth of literature on the efectiveness of music-based CBT intervention program on the management of primary school pupils’ test anxiety in basic science. Thus, this study sought the efectiveness of a music-based CBT intervention program on the management of test anxiety among pupils. A randomized controlled trial experimental design was adopted for the study using a sample of 58 primary three (3) pupils. Test anxiety questionnaire (TAQ) was adopted for data collection. TAQ was trial-tested due to the cultural diferences of the participants. The internal consistency reliability of the items of TAQ was estimated to be .79 using the Cronbach alpha method, while its estimate of temporal stability index was .86 using Pearson product moment correlation. Data were analyzed using mixed-design repeated measures analysis of variance and analysis of covariance. The fndings of the study revealed that music-based CBT had a signifcant efect on the management of test anxiety among pupils. This fnding has implication for community development in the sense that test anxiety among pupils can be better managed using the music-based CBT intervention program. This will enable the children to grow better academically and contribute to the community they belong to. It was thus recommended that primary school teachers should be enlightened on how to make use of music-based CBT in the management of test anxiety among pupils.
- Publisher
- Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy See all items with this value
- Keywords
- Cognitive behavior therapy, Music therapy, Management of test anxiety, Pupils, Community development See all items with this value
- number of pages
- 1-21
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- Journal Articles
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