Table 1. Study design.

First Term	Second Term
T0	T1	T2	T3	T4
	15 min before	1 day after	15 min before	1 day after
	oral exam	oral exam	oral exam	oral exam
ASSIST1
STAI-T2	STAI-S3		STAI-S3
	salivary cortisol	salivary cortisol*	salivary cortisol	salivary cortisol**

T1 –T4 during second term

*taken at exact time of day as T1 salivary cortisol

**taken at exact time of day as T3 salivary cortisol

¹Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students

²State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait

³State Trait Anxiety Inventory-State