Clinical trial NCT06716684: Cognitive-Behavioral Approach and Anger
Official title: The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program on Trait Anger and Anger Expression Styles of Nursing Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nursing Students
Psychoeducation
Anger
Keywords: Nursing Students
Psychoeducation
Cognitive Behavioral Approach
Anger
Anger Expression Style
Lead sponsor: Kafkas University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-04
Enrollment: 121
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Following recruitment, the nursing students were divided into a intervention and a control group by randomization.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: A randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression styles.

Detailed description: Anger, which is an emotion experienced by all people, is a natural and normal reaction that can occur depending on the interaction of the person with his/her environment. However, frequent anger can damage physical and mental health and can lead to violence and aggression. Anger is interpreted according to the way it is expressed and a person can express anger in different ways (anger-in, anger-out, anger-control). While anger-in and anger-out are negative behavioral reactions, anger control is an appropriate response. One of the groups that often experiences anger is nursing students. Students studying in the department of nursing are considered as the health workforce of tomorrow and both study in stressful environments and work in stressful environments. Anger is an emotion experienced as a reaction to stress among nursing students. The inability of students who do not have anger management skills to control their anger may negatively affect their approach to patients, relatives and teammates. Since negative expression of anger can have a negative impact on interpersonal relationships with others, it may hinder the development of working alliances between nursing students and patients. Students studying in the department of nursing graduate without adequate training on how to express their anger correctly. Anger coping programs for nursing students should primarily include the assessment of anger expression styles and provide techniques for expressing anger appropriately and coping with anger. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a psychoeducation program based on the cognitive-behavioral approach on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression style. The hypothesis that there was no difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of trait anger, anger-in, anger-out and anger control after the intervention were tested.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To agree to participate in the study,
* Not to have participated in the training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals before,
* Not to have a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment history,
* Not to have hearing-vision problems,
* To be between the ages of 18-25,
* To have participated in at least four of the sessions,
* To get a high score from the Trait Anger Sub-scale compared to other students

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having previously attended a training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals
* Having a problem that prevents filling out the forms to be used in the research
* Having hearing or vision problems
* Being under 18 or over 25
* Having a history of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
* Having not attended more than four sessions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Trait anger and anger expression styles before intervention
timeFrame: Before the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Trait anger and anger expression styles after intervention
timeFrame: After the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Other outcomes:
measure: Trait anger and anger expression styles three months after the intervention
timeFrame: Three months after the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Locations:
city: Kars
country: Turkey
facility: Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department
Study officials:
affiliation: Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Nursing Department
name: Berna Aktaş, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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