The Effectiveness of Training the Emotional Adjustment Skills on Reducing Test Anxiety in Secondary High school Students

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of training the emotional adjustment skills on reducing test anxiety in secondary high school students. In this experimental study, 40 students selected from among all high school students of Tiran and Kervan city based on multi-stage cluster random sampling. They randomly assigned in to control and experimental groups and the latter one was trained emotional adjustment skills during eight ninety -minute sessions. Data collected through Phillip’s test anxiety and spilberger's clinical interview, then analyzed via covariance analysis method. Findings reveal there is a significant difference between mean score of experimental and control groups. (p<. /0005) and its effect size is 57 percent of the total variance of test anxiety. It is concluded that training the emotional adjustment skills reduce test anxiety. These results have important implications in field of training the emotional adjustment skills to prevent test anxiety.