The Effect of Psychodrama Group Intervention on the Anxiety Levels of Adolescents Preparing for the University Exams

Background: Anxiety about examinations has long been recognized as a pervasive and serious problem. Highly test anxious students report poorer mental health. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of psychodrama group intervention on the anxiety levels of adolescents preparing for the university exam. Material and Method: The study was a pretest, posttest intervention study with a control group. In the intervention group, 8 of the students were female and four were male, and in the control group, 10 of them were female and 4 were male. The intervention group received a 12-week psychodrama group sessions and the control group received no intervention. Data were collected by using three major tools before and after the intervention period; Information Form Exam Anxiety Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory and Subjective Evaluation of Anxiety. Resuts: The difference was found to be statistically significant in the intervention group after the psychodrama group study in the perception score of state anxiety and test anxiety (p