Lie down or sit in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Slowly direct your attention to each ...

Exam stress in all its forms will be familiar to most university lecturers. What is less discussed is how educators’ awareness can ease students’ nerves and lead to better outcomes Many of us can ...

Anxiety or Tension: Most students start sweating on hearing the name of the exam. Many students' brain freezes during the ...

Test anxiety can manifest as nerves before a test and a racing heart or sweating during a test. You can cope with it by taking a practice exam beforehand to prepare you for the stress. It may also be ...

Mindshift - Helps teens and young adults gain insight into and basic skills to manage anxiety, including GAD, social anxiety, ...

Former teacher Professor of Education David Putwain says ‘heavy-handed’ messages around test results can fuel extreme worry among some 16 to 18-year-olds, even when others respond well to such ...

Laura Nicholson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Exam season is finally upon us and for many teenagers it can be an intense and overwhelming time. Feelings of pressure, fear of failure, and difficulties with time management are common during this ...

IreLee Ferguson, B.S., contributed to this article. IreLee is a research assistant in the Cognition and Affect Research and Education (CARE) Lab at McLean Hospital. Meeting a new person for the first ...