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Register: ChiCTR
Last refreshed on: 18 April 2017
Main ID:  ChiCTR-IOR-16007935
Date of registration: 2016-02-16
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Xinxiang Medical University
Public title: Benefits of Expressive Writing in Reducing Test Anxiety
Scientific title: Benefits of Expressive Writing in Reducing Test Anxiety
Date of first enrolment: 2015-04-24
Target sample size: expressive writing (EW) group:38;control writing (CW) group:37;
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=13256
Study type:  Interventional study
Study design:  Randomized parallel controlled trial  
Phase:  Other
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name: Lei Yang   
Address:  601 Jinsui Avenue, Hongqi District, Xinxing, Henan, China 453003
Telephone: +86 13781911120
Email: 13781911120@163.com
Affiliation:  Xinxiang Medical University
Name: Lujun Shen   
Address:  601 Jinsui Avenue, Hongqi District, Xinxing, Henan, China 453003
Telephone: +86 15137399452
Email: shenlj945@163.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Students from senior-high schools with severe test anxiety (had Test Anxiety Scale score more than 20)
All students participated in the experiment voluntarily, and gave signed declarations of consent. The research also obtained verbal informed consent from students parents.

Exclusion criteria: Students from senior-high schools had Test Anxiety Scale score less than 20, or students were not voluntary to participate in the experiment, and their parents don't allow them to participate.

Age minimum: 16
Age maximum: 18
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
test anxiety
Intervention(s)
expressive writing (EW) group:expressive writing;control writing (CW) group:no interfention;
Primary Outcome(s)
test anxiety;
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
the Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Projects of Henan Province. Major University Research Projects of Henan Province. Scientific Research Fund of Xinxiang Medicial University
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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