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Vol.12 Issue.2 · April-June 2021
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Factors related to exam anxiety

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Published Online: 25 June 2021 · Accepted: 11 April 2021 · Received: 19 March 2021
Doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.21.00297
Cite Code: The Journal of Turkish Family Physician 2021;12(2):99-107
Authors: Seval Sarıkaya 1 · Ayfer Gemalmaz 2
1 Adnan Menderes University, Department of Family Medicine, Ph.D., Aydin
2 Adnan Menderes University, Department of Family Medicine, Prof. Dr. Aydin

Cite Code: Sarıkaya S. ve Gemalmaz A. Sınav kaygısını etkileyen faktörler.
Jour Turk Fam Phy 2021; 12 (2): 99-107. Doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.21.00297.


Keywords: Cognitive behavior therapy · Exam anxiety · Factors related to exam anxiety
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Exam anxiety, is defined as an intense anxiety that prevents the effective use of the knowledge learned before the exam and leads to a decrease in succsess.

Exam anxiety is an important problem that causes a decrease in performance and is accompanied by serious psychological problems. In studies conducted in different samples, anxiety symptoms and exam related anxiety were examined. In a study conducted on students of the Faculty of Medicine, it was found that 65% of students experience exam anxiety for various reasons and female students experience more exam anxiety than male. In the study conducted to determine the relationship between exam anxiety levels and sleep quality of highschool senior students, it was shown that students have exam anxiety and this situation negatively affects sleep qualty. Again, in another study examining the effects of parents’ expectations on the exam anxiety on high school seniors, factors such as familiy structure, educational status of the parents and income status of the family were examined. It was found that the family structure was effective on examination enxiety and anxiety level was higher in girls than boys. In the study conducted on the test method, which is an examination technique, the effect of various intervention techniques in the treatment of test anxiety was examined and cognitive behavioral methods were found to be the most effective. In this review, it is aimed to review the factors related to exam anxiety in line with the literature.

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