Cognitive-Behavioral Approach and Anger

NCT06716684 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Interventional trial
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 121
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression styles.

Conditions

Nursing Students; Psychoeducation; Anger

Keywords

Nursing Students; Psychoeducation; Cognitive Behavioral Approach; Anger; Anger Expression Style

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Trait anger and anger expression styles before intervention

  Students' trait anger and anger expression styles were assessed before the intervention. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale was used in the evaluation. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale: The 4-point Likert-type scale designed (1983) has a total of 34 questions. Turkish adaptation of this scale was made (1994). Ten questions in the scale question trait anger and twenty-four questions question anger expression styles. A score between 10-40 is obtained from the trait anger scale and between 8-32 from the other sub-scales (anger-in, anger-out and anger control). High scores from trait anger indicate that the level of anger is high, high scores from the anger control scale indicate that anger can be controlled, high scores on the anger-out subscale indicate that anger can be expressed externally, and high scores from the anger-in subscale indicate that anger is suppressed.

  Before the 6-week intervention was administered to students

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Trait anger and anger expression styles after intervention

  After the 6-week intervention was administered to students

Other Outcomes (1)

• Trait anger and anger expression styles three months after the intervention

  Three months after the 6-week intervention was administered to students

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

In the study, a 6-session psychoeducation programme on coping with anger was given to the intervention group.

Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was applied to the control group in the study.

Interventions

Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program BEHAVIORAL

A 6 session cognitive-behavioral approach based psychoeducation program developed in line with the literature review is applied in the research. Group training sessions have been held once a week with each session 90 minutes on average. The techniques such as automatic thought recording, finding cognitive errors, thought-stopping, forming alternative thoughts, daydreaming, countdown, problem solving, role playing, modeling, deep breathing, relaxation exercises, summarizing, explaining, informing, homework were used in the sessions.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• To agree to participate in the study,
• Not to have participated in the training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals before,
• Not to have a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment history,
• Not to have hearing-vision problems,
• To be between the ages of 18-25,
• To have participated in at least four of the sessions,
• To get a high score from the Trait Anger Sub-scale compared to other students

You may not qualify if:

• Having previously attended a training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals
• Having a problem that prevents filling out the forms to be used in the research
• Having hearing or vision problems
• Being under 18 or over 25
• Having a history of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
• Having not attended more than four sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kafkas University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department

Kars, 36100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Berna Aktaş, PhD

  Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Nursing Department

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Following recruitment, the nursing students were divided into a intervention and a control group by randomization.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2024
• First Posted: December 4, 2024
• Study Start: December 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 16, 2022
• Study Completion: April 22, 2022
• Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: CSR
• Time Frame: 6 months after publication
• Access Criteria: Relevance to the topic of the study and approval of all co-authors within 1 month of receiving the request.

Locations

TU (1)