en Educational Studies پژوهشي Original <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-weight:bold">Objective<span style="font-weight:normal">: The current investigation was undertaken with the objective of assessing the efficacy of paradox therapy on the intolerance of uncertainty among students preparing for college entrance examinations.</span></span><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Methods<span style="font-weight:normal">: The current inquiry was designed as a quasi-experimental study employing a pre-test-post-test framework with an accompanying control group. The statistical population for this research encompassed all college entrance examination candidates residing in boarding accommodations in Qom during the year 2024. A sample of 30 students was selected from the target population through purposive sampling and subsequently allocated randomly into two groups: one experimental group consisting of 15 participants and one control group comprising 15 participants. Data collection was facilitated utilizing the Intolerance of Uncertainty Questionnaire (IUS; Carlton et al., 2007) and the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS; Sarason, 1977). The experimental cohort underwent paradox therapy through a structured six-session intervention, with each session lasting a maximum of 45 minutes and occurring biweekly, while the control group did not receive any form of intervention. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 25, employing the univariate analysis of covariance statistical approach.</span></span><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Results<span style="font-weight:normal">: The findings revealed that the level of intolerance of uncertainty in the experimental group exhibited a statistically significant reduction in comparison to the control group post-intervention relative to the pre-test assessments.</span></span><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Conclusions<span style="font-weight:normal">: In summary, it can be deduced that paradox therapy constituted an effective intervention for ameliorating intolerance of uncertainty among students engaged in college entrance examinations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Paradox therapy, Intolerance of uncertainty, College entrance exam students 0 0 http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-381-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mansoreh Karimi besharat@ut.ac.ir 0009-0002-3110-4980 No PhD student in counseling, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran Mohammad Ali Besharat besharat@ut.ac.ir 0000-0003-2571-2920 Yes Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Gholamreza Sharifirad Dr.sharifirad@gmail.com 0000-0001-9955-2566 No Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran