Participants in the intervention group received two 45-55 minute EFT sessions one week before the exam.

Participants in the comparison group received two sessions of 15-20 minutes of breathing exercises one week before the exam.

The EFT group received two 45-55 minute EFT sessions one week before the exams.

Anxiety levels were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale. Students were asked to indicate their anxiety levels on a 10-cm-long horizontal line. The line begins with a 0 and ends with a 10. A 10 indicates extreme anxiety, while a 0 indicates no anxiety. The VAS scale is frequently used to assess anxiety severity.

The Styles of Coping Scale (SCSS) was used to measure stress coping styles. The scale is a 4-point Likert-type scale, with participants selecting the appropriate option from "not at all appropriate" to "very appropriate." The scale consists of 30 questions and 5 subscales. These subscales are: self-confident approach, optimistic approach, helpless approach, submissive approach, and seeking social support factor. Higher scores on each subscale indicate that the approach in that subscale is used more frequently to cope with stress.