Clinical trial NCT06810037: Solution-Focused Mindfulness: Impact on Students' Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Anxiety
Official title: The Effect of Mindfulness Practice Based on the Solution-Focused Approach on Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Anxiety Levels of University Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: mindfulness
Self-esteem,
solution-focused therapy
anxiety
university students
Lead sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-05
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: In the study, a randomized controlled experimental study design was used in order to determine the effect of the program. The third- and fourth-year university students who volunteered to participate in the study attended the eight-week Mindfulness program based on the Solution-Focused Approach.The study group of the research consisted of third- and fourth-year students who were attending the faculty of education of a university located in the Black Sea Region of Turkiye and volunteered to participate in the study. A total of 41 students (experimental group = 21, control group = 20) participated in the study. One student in the experimental group who did not regularly attend the sessions and one student from the control group who left some items blank after checking their answers were excluded from the data set. The study was completed with a total of 39 students (experimental= 20, control= 19).
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Students have some problems related to stress and anxiety during their university years when they go through important transitions and change processes in their lives. In this sense, mindfulness program based on solution-focused approach is considered to raise the mindfulness levels of students, reinforce their self-esteem, and lower their anxiety levels. Therefore, this study comprehensively examined the effects of mindfulness program based on solution-focused approach on the self-esteem, mindfulness levels, and anxiety of university students. A significant difference was found between the scores of the students before and after the program on their trait anxiety levels, mindfulness, and self-esteem levels. In this case, it could be asserted that the mindfulness program based on the solution-focused approach had positive effects on their self-esteem, mindfulness, and anxiety levels of the students.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To be a third and fourth year student of Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Education,
* Not working in a private or state institution,
* Not having a disease that prevents sitting or walking in order to be able to perform the applications,
* Having anxiety about the future (it will be questioned whether it is present in the preliminary interview)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have a diagnosed serious physical illness or chronic disease,
* Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness,
* Having experienced the loss of a family member or loved one within the last six months,
* History of substance abuse, suicide attempt or self-harm,

Primary outcomes:
measure: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
timeFrame: first week and the end of the eighth week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-STAI
timeFrame: first week and the end of the eighth week
measure: Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
timeFrame: first week and the end of the eighth week
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Samsun
country: Turkey
facility: Ondokuz Mayıs University
state: Atakum
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