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Preliminary evi- dence suggests that this treatment is effective in gen- eralized anxiety disorder (Wells & King, 2006; Fisher, 2006), obsessive compulsive disorder (Fisher & Wells, 2008; Simons, Schneider, & Herpertz-Dahlmann, 2006) and post-traumatic stress disorder (Wells & Sembi, 2004; Wells, Welford, Fraser, et al.
As Table 3 shows, metacognitive and cognitive therapy had same efficacy in reducing test anxiety; however, the metacog- nition group had more efficacy than cognition group in reducing meta-worry (Mean Difference=-9.
LSD indicated metacognitive group had more efficacy in reducing test anxiety compared to the control group (View the image of this page) 216 July 2015, Volume 3, Number 3 (mean difference=-9.
Also, the results showed that cognitive group had more impact in reducing test anxiety compared to the control group (mean differ- ence=-6.
As the results showed these two packages (metacognitive and cognitive therapy) had same efficacy in reducing test anxiety.
Also, among several reviews related to cognitive therapy, worry was regarded as an aspect of test anxiety and the results in- dicate that this method significantly reduces the worry component of test anxiety (Harris & Johnson, 1983).
As it can be seen in Table 3, metacognitive therapy reduced test anxiety, while the reduction in test anxi- ety was not observed in the control group and this can show the effectiveness of this treatment.
Cognitive attentional syndrome has been focused in the treatment of test anxiety as well as overcoming repetitive patterns of thinking to reduce test anxiety (Wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004).
Therefore, metacognitive therapy effectively reduces worry that has increased during test anxiety.