The Effect of Creative Drama Training for Alcohol-Substance Addicted Male Patients on Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women: A Randomized Controlled Study
Phase: NA
Conditions: Woman Abuse, Addiction, Violence, Men
Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University

Identity: AİBÜ-HEM-HHT-01 
Document Date: September 27, 2022 
Operating protocol 
Study Title: The Effect of Creative Drama Training for Alcohol-Substance Addicted Male 
Patients on Their Attitudes Regarding Violence Against Women: A Randomized Controlled 
Study. 
Short title:  Violence Against Women in Patients With Alcohol Substance Addiction Training 
 There is no NCT number and no discharge. 
Purpose of the Research 
This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial in order to determine the effect of 
creative drama training for alcohol-substance dependent male patients on their attitudes towards 
violence against women. 
Hypotheses  
 H0: There was no difference between the attitude scores of the experimental and control groups 
on violence. 
H0-1: There is no difference between the experimental and control group pretest scores. 
H0-2: There is no difference between the final test scores of the experimental and control 
groups. 
H0-3: There is no difference between the experimental group pretest-posttest scores 
H0-4: There is no difference between control group pretest and posttest scores. 

Type of research 
This study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental study. 
Power of research 
 When there is a difference between two applications, the possibility of revealing this difference 
is the power of research. In order to make an important inference, this rate must be accepted as 
at least 80%. In this study, the power of the research was determined as 99%. 
 Type 1 error 
While there is no difference between the two applications, the difference is found as a result of 
the research. It is known as the α or p value. When calculating the sample size, type 1 error is 
generally accepted as 0.05 or 0.01. The type 1 error amount of this study was accepted as 
1%.(74) 
Impact size 
It is the difference between the value tried to be estimated in the sample of the research and the 
previously known value of this value in the society and this difference should be determined in 
advance. As the effect size increases, the number of samples decreases.  When the effect size 
of this study was calculated by referencing the final test scores of the experiment-control group 
of another study in which this measurement tool was used, the effect size was determined as 
1.93.   
Calculation of sample size 
As a calculation tool, the G-Power 3.1.9.4 program was used.  The effect size of the study was 
calculated as 1.93, the alpha margin of error: 0.01, the strength as 0.99 and the sample size: 34 
for the three groups. Groups; n=17, Considering that there may be a loss of sample, 40 people-
experiment: n=20, control: n=20- were included in this study.   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Implementation of Research 
It is stated that the research is not mandatory for the participants, that a training on violence 
against women will be applied and that they can be separated at any stage of the application. 
The study group consisted of 40 patients diagnosed with alcohol and substance abuse. To 
prevent interaction, the first application was applied to the control group (n=20). No training 
was applied to the control group. The pre-test was applied and the final test was applied 9 days 
later. During this nine-day period, three patients were discharged and the control group was 
completed with n=17 patients. The second application was applied to the experimental group. 
Violence against women education was applied to the experimental group through creative 
drama. The training content is divided into five sessions. SAMBA (Smoking, Alcohol and 
Substance Abuse Treatment Program) training applied in the process of addiction treatment and 
psycho-drama studies applied in different subjects are applied every other day considering the 
hospitalization period of the patients (~21-24 days). Similarly, these trainings were applied 

every other day and the final test was applied at the end of the 5th session. At the end of all 
applications, brochures on "violence against women" were given to the control group and a 
presentation was made by the researcher. (Ögel K, 2012; Auspicious et al., 2020) "Personal 
Information Form" and "Violence Against Women Attitude Scale" were applied as pre-tests to 
the control and experimental group. Participants were told that all questions should be filled in 
completely. 
Randomization and Blindness of Research 
In this study, the names of the patients hospitalized in the two wards will be sorted and 
numbered in alphabetical order. After the numbering process,  patients will be divided into an 
experimental and control group using the  "https://www.randomizer.org/" site by an 
independent specialist. 
Ethical dimension of the research 
Permission will be obtained from the person to whom the research will be conducted. Written  
permissions were obtained from the institution where the research will be conducted. Bolu 
Abant İzzet Baysal University Clinical Research Ethics Committee has received permission 
numbered 2022-131. 
Analysis of the data 
The analysis of the data will be carried out by using SPSS-22 (Statistical Package for Social 
Sciences) package program. In the evaluation of the data on the descriptive characteristics of 
the participants, the number, percentage, mean and standard deviation will be used to determine 
the Attitude scores of the individuals in the experimental and control groups. The Wilcoxon 
Marked Ranks test will be used to determine whether there is a difference between the 
participants' scores on the pretest and the post-test "Violence Against Women Attitude Scale". 
The Mann-Whitney U test will also be used to compare the attitudes of the individuals in the 

experimental and control groups as the intergroup pretest-posttest "Violence Against Women 
Attitude Scale"<0.05.