The present study aimed to examine the role of emotion dysregulation and perception of competence in predicting test anxiety of male high school students in Miandoab city. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male high school students in Miandoab who were studying in the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021. Multi-stage cluster random sampling method was used to select 250 students as the research samples. Subjects were tested using the Gross and Roemer (2004) Emotion Disorder Scale, the Harter Competence Perception Scale (1982), and the Spielberger Test Anxiety Scale (1980). To analyze the data, a multiple regression analysis test was used. The results showed that emotion dysregulation and competency perception can predict test anxiety in male high school students in Miandoab city (p<0/001), and in combination, only the emotion dysregulation variable can predict the exam anxiety of male high school students in Miandoab city (p<0/001). According to the findings, it can be concluded that students' emotional dysregulation and perception of competence can play an important role in their exam anxiety.