Cognitive-Behavioral Approach and Anger

Kafkas University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Psychoeducation

Anger

Nursing Students

Treatments

Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06716684

Interventional trial

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Anger, which is an emotion experienced by all people, is a natural and normal reaction that can occur depending on the interaction of the person with his/her environment. However, frequent anger can damage physical and mental health and can lead to violence and aggression. Anger is interpreted according to the way it is expressed and a person can express anger in different ways (anger-in, anger-out, anger-control). While anger-in and anger-out are negative behavioral reactions, anger control is an appropriate response. One of the groups that often experiences anger is nursing students. Students studying in the department of nursing are considered as the health workforce of tomorrow and both study in stressful environments and work in stressful environments. Anger is an emotion experienced as a reaction to stress among nursing students. The inability of students who do not have anger management skills to control their anger may negatively affect their approach to patients, relatives and teammates. Since negative expression of anger can have a negative impact on interpersonal relationships with others, it may hinder the development of working alliances between nursing students and patients. Students studying in the department of nursing graduate without adequate training on how to express their anger correctly. Anger coping programs for nursing students should primarily include the assessment of anger expression styles and provide techniques for expressing anger appropriately and coping with anger. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a psychoeducation program based on the cognitive-behavioral approach on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression style. The hypothesis that there was no difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of trait anger, anger-in, anger-out and anger control after the intervention were tested.

Enrollment

121 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 25 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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