Emotion Regulation Training, Nursing Student, and Alexithymia

NCT ID: NCT06701097

Last Updated: 2024-11-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 74 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-02
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-28

Brief Summary

This study aimed to investigate the effects of emotional regulation training, which is a prepared based on the cognitive behavioral approach, on alexithymia in nursing students.

Detailed Description

This study aimed to reduce alexithymia levels in nursing students with emotion regulation training based on a cognitive behavioral approach. The study was conducted with 74 nursing students, 37 in the intervention group and 37 in the control group, studying at a foundation university in the 2023-2024 academic year. The study data were collected using the data collection form and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20). Data collection tools were applied three times as pre-post and follow-up tests. Male and female students who met the inclusion criteria of the study were determined by using the pre-test of the population. For the sample group to represent the population, students with high levels of alexithymia were identified by stratification by determining the class and gender ratios. Then, students were assigned to intervention and control groups by randomization. The 7-session training program prepared for the students in the intervention group was applied. No intervention was made to the control group during the implementation. After the training sessions were completed, post-test data were collected. Follow-up measurements were made three months later.

Conditions

Alexithymia; Emotion Regulation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Emotion regulation training group

Since the number of participants in the intervention group would prevent the training from being given as a group, the participants were divided into three different groups. Each group was given theoretical training on emotions, thoughts, physical symptoms resulting from emotions, and verbal and non-verbal ways of communicating emotions. The theoretical training was reinforced with activities such as relaxation exercises, role plays, imagination, brainstorming, etc. Each training lasted 60-90 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion regulation training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Man is a social being and therefore interacts with his environment. In the process of interaction, they can transfer their feelings, thoughts, and information. However, the interaction process may not always continue smoothly. People's inability to express their emotions appropriately today negatively affects communication. The reason why people cannot express their emotions may be the high level of alexithymia. The concept of alexithymia means having difficulty in recognizing, expressing, and naming emotions. High levels of alexithymia in students, who are future healthcare professionals, can negatively affect themselves, other healthcare professionals and the patients they care for; it can cause burnout in healthcare professionals, decrease the quality of care they provide and cause them to experience interpersonal communication conflicts.

Control group

Participants in the control group did not receive any training. Only pre-test, post-test, and follow-up tests were applied to the individuals in this group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Emotion regulation training

Man is a social being and therefore interacts with his environment. In the process of interaction, they can transfer their feelings, thoughts, and information. However, the interaction process may not always continue smoothly. People's inability to express their emotions appropriately today negatively affects communication. The reason why people cannot express their emotions may be the high level of alexithymia. The concept of alexithymia means having difficulty in recognizing, expressing, and naming emotions. High levels of alexithymia in students, who are future healthcare professionals, can negatively affect themselves, other healthcare professionals and the patients they care for; it can cause burnout in healthcare professionals, decrease the quality of care they provide and cause them to experience interpersonal communication conflicts.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• To be a student of the nursing department
• Agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Having received psychological support within the last 10 years
• Having a psychiatric disorder
• Not being a citizen of the Republic of Turkey

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ankara Medipol University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Günay Öge

Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Ankara Medipol University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

E.60365

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id