Meta-analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of expressive writing to reduce test anxiety, indicating a promising intervention approach.
Background Test anxiety is a common experience, and a variety of intervention approaches for it have been developed. In recent years, single sessions of expressive writing (a brief exercise in which students write about their worries just prior to taking a test) have been promoted as an intervention.
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