The Effect Of Laughter Therapy On Self-Efficacy

NCT ID: NCT05806541

Last Updated: 2024-04-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-05
• Study Completion Date: 2024-01-08

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.

Conditions

Laughter; Self Efficacy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

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.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

experimental group

Arm: Experimental: 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.

Laughter therapy session will be applied face to face for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. Psychological Well-Being Scale and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale will be applied again after the application and in the follow-up (after the application is over).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

laughter therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Laughter therapy session will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. In the laughter therapy session, the practices of introducing the practitioner and introducing the therapy, breathing exercises for a healthy life, keeping the rhythm accompanied by music, turning the laughter that started as if it were childlike games into reality will be carried out.

Interventions

laughter therapy

Laughter therapy session will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. In the laughter therapy session, the practices of introducing the practitioner and introducing the therapy, breathing exercises for a healthy life, keeping the rhythm accompanied by music, turning the laughter that started as if it were childlike games into reality will be carried out.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility 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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Sinop University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yasemin Özyer, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sinop University

Locations

Sinop University

Sinop, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

sinopUyasemin-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id