أثر العلاج بالقراءة في خفض قلق الامتحان وتحسين مستوى التوافق النفسي لدى الطلبة القلقين بسلطنة عمان

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a bibliotherapy program on reducing test anxiety and enhancing adjustment. To achieve this goal test anxiety and adjustment scales were applied.The study population consists of(186) students, then (120) students were chosen; those students got the highest grades on the test anxiety scale and the lowest grades on the adjustment scale. After that, the students were divided randomly into (4) groups. 2 experimental groups and 2 control groups, every group consists of (30) students, the experimental groups were trained on the bibliotherapy program; while the control groups did not receive any kind of treatment.

The results of the (ANCOVA) and (Mann- Whitney) tests show that there are a significant effect of bibliotherapy program in alleviating test anxiety and enhancing the adjustment among experimental group at the level of (α=0.05)compared with the control group, at the post- test measurement. This means that there is a reduction in the level of the test anxiety and enhancement of adjustment among experimental group after one month of the pre-test. Discussion and recommendations were made.