• Jincy T Mathew,
• Dr Kavitha

Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Hypnotherapy on exam anxiety and exam performance among school students. Methods: Evaluative research with true experimental pretest and post test control group design was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of school students between 14 to 17 years. Simple random sampling with lottery method was used to select samples. 10 each were allotted into experimental and control group. Experimental group were given hypnotherapy in 3sessions before the exams. The control group was not given any intervention. Result: The results of the study revealed that after the implementation of hypnotherapy that the level of anxiety in the students of Experimental group was reduced 36.31% where as in control group of students anxiety are reduced by 2.89%..60.00% of them are having moderate level of exam performance score and 40.00% of them having good exam performance score. The exam performance of students in the Experimental group of students gained score of 18.11% where as control group of students gained score of 1.76%. It shows experimental group of students gained more scores in exam than control group of students.

Hypnotherapy, Exam anxiety, Exam performance.

"Effectiveness of hypnotherapy on Exam anxiety and exam performance among students - A pilot Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.g64-g74, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207610.pdf

"Effectiveness of hypnotherapy on Exam anxiety and exam performance among students - A pilot Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppg64-g74, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207610.pdf