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## Kaynak ve Yayıncı Bilgisi

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## ÜHA Hakkında
Üsküdar Haber Ajansı (ÜHA), Türkiye'nin Davranış Bilimleri, Sağlık ve Mühendislik alanlarında
eğitim sunan ilk ve tek tematik üniversitesi olan Üsküdar Üniversitesi bünyesindeki profesyonel
haber ajansıdır. Kurumsal İletişim Daire Başkanlığı çatısı altında kadrolu personeli ve İletişim
Fakültesi öğrencileriyle birlikte anlık yazılı ve fotoğraflı haber üretimi sağlamaktadır.

## NPİSTANBUL Hastanesi
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öncü ve vizyoner bir sağlık kuruluşudur. Bilimsel temelli yaklaşımı, alanında uzman ve akademik
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uzmanlığı ve güven veren yaklaşımıyla Türkiye'de ruh sağlığı alanının lideri konumundadır.

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# Nevzat Tarhan Offers Key Advice to Candidates Before YKS

## Bilgi

| Özellik | Değer |
|---------|-------|
| **Kategori** | saglik |
| **Yayın Tarihi** | 2021-06-21 |
| **Güncelleme** | 2026-03-02 |
| **Kaynak** | [Üsküdar Haber Ajansı](https://uha.com.tr/nevzat-tarhan-offers-key-advice-to-candidates-before-yks) |

## Özet

There is 1 week left until the university entrance exams. The pandemic, which has affected the whole world for about 1.5 years, has also significantly impacted young people's exam motivation. Psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan offered important advice on coping with exam anxiety during this period.

## İçerik

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan noted that zero stress, or heedlessness, would lead to loss for a person, and said, “Moderate stress increases attention and learning ability and positively affects our motivation.”
 
 Üsküdar Üniversitesi Founding Rector, Psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan, offered advice on exam anxiety and stress management to university candidates before YKS, which is an important turning point in their lives.
 Question: How has the pandemic process affected young people's motivation for exam preparation?
 
 The pandemic, which has been ongoing for about 1.5 years, has negatively affected everyone from seven to seventy. Young people preparing for exams during this period were also greatly affected. Students receiving remote education at home while simultaneously preparing for exams created a serious environment of anxiety. 
 
 Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan continued his words by saying, ‘There is stress,  but no panic:’ 
 
 Moderate stress increases attention and learning ability and positively affects our motivation. Zero stress, or heedlessness, leads a person to loss and destruction. Stress should not be seen as an enemy. When it comes to stress, instead of saying “defeating stress,” the phrase “stress management” should be used. Stress is not something to be defeated; it is something to be utilized. If you manage it, that stress will lead you to your goal. If you cannot manage it, it will lead you to destruction. 
 
 Being stress-free is contrary to human nature. It is something that makes people lazy and traps them in pleasure. One of the reasons for the increase in addiction is hedonism and escaping stress. In our genetic makeup, there is a goal to set and work for it. Human genetic makeup is coded accordingly. When we don't do this, the short-term goals only distract us.

**According to Nevzat Tarhan, stress should be seen as a tool to be managed **

Stress should be managed with a resource management logic. First, a goal must be set. Otherwise, it will be an unplanned progression. Let's think like this: you have a map, you know where you're going, but if you don't know where you are, knowing where you're going means nothing. Similarly, managing one's own stress is very important for life plans. It enables a person to make healthy decisions. We should see stress not as a threat, but as a tool that needs to be managed.
 High motivation is also dangerous
 
 In young people with high motivation, anxiety usually increases. While providing motivation, a sense of responsibility should also be developed in the child. The fear of failure puts young people under stress. In such situations, reminding young people of their past successes and empowering them is beneficial.

**Nevzat Tarhan: ‘Focus on the process, not the outcome’**

You recommend focusing on the process to prevent exam anxiety. During this period leading up to the exam, young people need to focus on the process, not the exam result. Focusing on the exam result is something a person cannot control. When focusing on something one cannot control, anxiety rises. However, at points they can control, such as reviewing what they know until the exam, or solving 100-200 or 300 questions, is important.

**Nevzat Tarhan draws attention to success in practice exams **

Setting very ambitious goals in such exams, for instance, aiming to be in the top 10,000, also stems from outcome-oriented thinking. The pressure of ‘I will be in the top 10,000’ is outcome-oriented thinking. Here, the young person starts to say, ‘What if I don't make it into the top 10,000?’ They can set a goal for themselves like, ‘I will do my best, that's my duty, but I don't know what rank I will achieve. Hopefully, I'll be in the top 10,000 or 50,000...’  But if that student constantly thinks about the result from morning till night, they will panic during the exam. Here, the young person needs to look at their successes in practice exams. If they think, ‘Considering my past successful practice exams, there's no reason for me not to succeed,’ their anxiety will decrease.

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