The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Hope and School Burnout

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-20

Study Completion Date

2022-06-10

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students. The study hypothesized that laughter yoga would have an effect on hope and school burnout scores among secondary school students

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Detailed Description

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Purpose: The aim of the research was to examine the effects of laughter yoga on life hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students.

Methods: The study was conducted with 60 (30 in the intervention group, and 30 in the control group) students. The study population consisted of 8th grade students. Laughter yoga sessions were applied to the intervention group twice a week for 6 weeks. No intervention was offered to the control group. Data were collected by a socio-demographic questionnaire, school burnout inventory and Children's Hope Scale.

Results: After laughter yoga, the intervention result showed a significant decrease in burnout (d=0.129; p \< 0.001) and increase hope scores (d=0.556; p \< 0.001) compared to the control group.

Conclusion: The study reveals that laughter yoga affects students' burnout and hope levels. It is recommended to organize laughter yoga activities in schools to decrease burnout and increase hope of students.

Conditions

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Laughter Therapy Laughter Yoga Hope School Burnout

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental: Laughter yoga

The intervention group received laughter yoga twice a week for three weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Laughter yoga

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Laughter yoga program was composed of four steps. The first step, which took 10 minutes, had warm-up exercises including gentle stretching and hand clapping. The second step, which included deep breathing exercises and hand clapping, took 5 minutes. The third step involved children's games and laughter exercises. The sessions included a combination of different laughter exercises. The last step, which included yoga nidra took 5 minutes.

No Intervention: Control group

The control group did not take part in the laughter yoga program.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Laughter yoga

Laughter yoga program was composed of four steps. The first step, which took 10 minutes, had warm-up exercises including gentle stretching and hand clapping. The second step, which included deep breathing exercises and hand clapping, took 5 minutes. The third step involved children's games and laughter exercises. The sessions included a combination of different laughter exercises. The last step, which included yoga nidra took 5 minutes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* having severe hearing or perceptual deficits that impaired communication; having dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertensive disease and surgical operations with the risk of bleeding.

Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes