The Effect of Laughter Yoga Applied to Nursing Students on Exam Anxiety and Spirituality

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-24

Study Completion Date

2026-04-27

Brief Summary

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This study is planned as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of laughter yoga on the exam anxiety and spirituality levels of nursing students. The research will be conducted with 100 second-year nursing students between 04.2025 and 06.2025. Students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomized and divided into two groups: the experimental group (n=36) and the control group (n=36). All participating students will be administered the "Demographic Characteristics Form," "Exam Anxiety Scale," and "Spirituality Scale" (pre-test).

The experimental group will undergo laughter yoga sessions twice a week for 4 weeks, totaling 8 sessions.

The control group will only complete the "Demographic Characteristics Form," "Exam Anxiety Scale," and "Spirituality Scale" (pre-test). No intervention will be applied to the control group.

After the laughter yoga sessions are completed, both the experimental and control groups will complete the "Demographic Characteristics Form," "Exam Anxiety Scale," and "Spirituality Scale" (post-test).

The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS 22 software.

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Detailed Description

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Research Hypotheses:

Laughter yoga reduces exam anxiety in nursing students. Laughter yoga increases the spirituality levels of nursing students. This research aims to examine the effects of laughter yoga on exam anxiety and spirituality levels in nursing students. The researcher has completed a two-day "Laughter Yoga Leader" training with an Internationally Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor and has received the "Laughter Yoga Trainer Training" certificate. The study was conducted with an experimental design, including an experimental group and a control group. The interventions were applied by the researcher, who holds the "Laughter Yoga Leader" certification.

The sample was selected using the simple random sampling method, and participants were initially administered the "Demographic Information Form," "Exam Anxiety Scale," and "Spirituality Scale." After obtaining ethical committee approval, laughter yoga sessions were applied to students in the experimental group, while no intervention was provided to the control group. As the study was designed experimentally, both groups were initially evaluated using the same measurement tools, and then the experimental group underwent laughter yoga sessions. After the laughter yoga sessions, data were collected from both groups using the same measurement tools, and changes in exam anxiety and spirituality levels were analyzed.

The collected data were evaluated to analyze the changes in exam anxiety and spirituality levels. This study aims to determine the effects of laughter yoga on reducing exam anxiety and increasing spirituality levels in nursing students.

Conditions

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Exam Stress Anxiety Spirituality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A randomized controlled trial

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

In this study, the data were entered by someone other than the researcher, and statistical analysis was performed by a person other than the researcher. In the study, laughter yoga was applied to the participants in the experimental group. Since laughter yoga is an intervention that can be clearly recognized by the participants, they were aware of which group they were in. This means that blinding of the participants was not possible. Additionally, since the researcher was the person implementing the intervention, both the participants and the researcher were aware of the intervention. Therefore, blinding was not included in this study.

Study Groups

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intervention

Participants in the intervention group received laughter yoga sessions twice a week for a total of four weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

laughter yoga

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants in the intervention group received laughter yoga sessions twice a week for a total of four weeks.

Control

No application was made to the control group, standard procedure was followed.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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laughter yoga

Participants in the intervention group received laughter yoga sessions twice a week for a total of four weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a 2nd-year student in the Nursing Department
* Able to speak and understand Turkish
* Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study
* No visual or hearing impairments
* No history of psychiatric illness
* No current or past use of psychotropic medication

Exclusion Criteria

* Refusal to participate in the study
* Inability to speak or understand Turkish
* Diagnosed psychiatric illness and/or use of psychotropic agents
* Previous participation in laughter yoga
* Physical limitations or respiratory problems preventing yoga practice
* Difficulty in performing breathing exercises due to conditions such as septum deviation
* Abdominal surgery within the past 6 months

Drop-out Criteria:

* Failure to attend any of the laughter yoga sessions
* Receiving a new diagnosis that contraindicates laughter yoga during the 4-week intervention period

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes