Creative Drama-Based Stress Management Program on Stress, Coping, and Emotional Intelligence

Gazi University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Coping Skills; Nursing Student; Emotional Intelligence; Perceived Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Training; Behavioral: Creative Drama-Based Stress Management Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07202182

2025-1375

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was designed with a parallel-group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effects of a creative drama-based stress management program on the stress, coping, and emotional intelligence levels of nursing students. Nursing students in the intervention group will receive a creative drama-based stress management program for a total of six sessions over three weeks. Students in the active control group will receive three weeks of theoretical training. Students will receive a posttest at the end of the intervention program (3 weeks), a first follow-up one month after the intervention, and a second follow-up three months later.

H0-1: There is no difference in perceived stress levels between the intervention group that underwent the creative drama intervention and the control group.

H0-2: There is no difference in biopsychosocial response levels between the intervention group that underwent the creative drama intervention and the control group.

H0-3: There is no difference in stress coping levels between the intervention group that underwent the creative drama initiative and the control group.

H0-4: There is no difference in emotional intelligence levels between the intervention group that underwent the creative drama initiative and the control group.

Full description

Nursing students will be assigned to the intervention and control groups using a stratified, simple randomization method within the strata. Gender was taken into account to ensure homogeneity between groups. Students will be divided into two strata based on gender (male and female).

To prevent selection bias, data will be collected by an independent expert, and students will be assigned to the intervention and control groups using a randomization method. Participant numbers will be assigned to students when the preliminary assessment data is transferred to the computer. Student group assignment will be conducted by a biostatistician independent of the study.

To prevent reporting bias, the study data will be analyzed by a biostatistician. Because the interventions will be administered by the researcher, there will be no investigator blinding. Participant blinding will be achieved by administering the educational intervention to the control group.

Enrollment: 52 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a nursing student,
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Scoring high on the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students

Exclusion criteria

• Taking a creative drama course,
• Receiving professional psychological support,
• Having an illness that would prevent participation in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Creative Drama Group

Experimental group

Description:

A creative drama-based stress management program consisting of a total of 6 sessions, 3 weeks, will be applied to the experimental group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Creative Drama-Based Stress Management Program

Active Comparator Grup

Active Comparator group

Description:

The active control group will be given 3 weeks of theoretical training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training