Clinical trial NCT05806541: The Effect Of Laughter Therapy On Self-Efficacy
Official title: The Effect Of Laughter Therapy On Self-Efficacy And Psychological Well-Being İn Nursing Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Laughter
Self Efficacy
Keywords: laughter therapy
self efficacy
nursing student
well being
Lead sponsor: Sinop University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-04-10
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Brief Summary: Laughter is an innate, universal response we give to events in our lives. "Laughter Therapy" is a technique created by combining breathing techniques and laughter and takes its place in complementary medicine. It is a simulation performed by making eye contact with the members of the group, in which physical exercise and childlike games take place. Laughter sessions are about 30-40 minutes. continues and this simulation in a short time creates a real and contagious laugh. It has been determined by studies that laughter therapy physiologically increases breathing and relaxes muscles, strengthens mental function by decreasing the level of stress hormones, reduces burnout, depression and anxiety levels, positively affects quality of life, increases social interaction and provides psychological well-being.

Self-efficacy, on the other hand, is a state that expresses a person's belief that he or she is able to perform a certain task. More broadly, self-efficacy examines an individual's ability to perform a task rather than individual characteristics such as physical or psychological characteristics. Psychological well-being is as important as self-efficacy in the development of students. In addition, studies on mental health have generally focused on anxiety and depression. Most of these studies were related to well-being and contributed to the literature. Psychological well-being is defined as managing existential challenges in life.

Aim: This study was planned to determine the Effect of Laughter Therapy on Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being in Nursing Students.

Detailed description: Method: This study will be carried out with 3rd and 4th year students studying at Sinop University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing. It is aimed to include all first-year nursing students in the study. The study will be carried out in the autumn semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample of the study will be all young women studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences, meeting the inclusion criteria and agreeing to participate in the study.

Arm Title: Control Group At the beginning of the study, data collection tools Personal Information Form, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be applied to the control group. No intervention will be made in the control group. Measurement tools will be applied for the post-test.

Arm Title: Experimental Group Personal Information Form, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be applied to all 4th year nursing students studying at Sinop University Health Sciences in the autumn term of 2023-2024.

Eligibility criteria: Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

* Study as a nursing student at the Faculty of Health Sciences where the study will be conducted,
* Being a nursing first class student,
* Volunteering to participate in the study.
* Absence of any psychological disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not to study as a nursing student at the Faculty of Health Sciences where the study will be conducted,
* Not to comply with the criteria for inclusion in the study and
* Not to volunteer to participate in the study.
* Have any psychological problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: Introductory Information Form
timeFrame: one day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Academic Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: one day
Other outcomes:
measure: Psychological Well-Being Scale
timeFrame: one day
Locations:
city: Sinop
country: Turkey
facility: Sinop University
Study officials:
affiliation: Sinop University
name: Yasemin Özyer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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