Effect of Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education on Intercultural Adaptation and Psychological Well-Being of Foreign Nursing Students

Hilal Altundal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Culture; Adaptation, Psychological; Psychological Well-being

Treatments: Other: The Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05943639

ÇankırıKaratekinU

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, between 1 - 31 December 2022, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 66 foreign nursing students who are with 1st year foreign students starting the Nursing Department of Ondokuz Mayıs University and Mersin University.

Full description

The Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education program will be held in a face-to-face classroom environment for the students in the experimental group. This training program has been developed based on the concepts of Cultural Marginality Theory. The content and topics of the sessions in the program are arranged according to the conceptual structure and flow of the theory. The training program was created in a certain flow, based on the concepts of recognizing intercultural conflict (2 sessions), marginal living (2 sessions) and alleviating cultural tension (2 sessions). There are 6 sessions in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 times a week, and each session lasts approximately 45 minutes. The training program will be applied to 33 foreign nursing students in the experimental group. In the first session to the students in the experimental group and to the students in the control group after the post-tests, the training booklet, which consists of information about the educational content in the program, will be given online in pdf format in color and with pictures.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. being a first-year foreign nursing student studying at state universities in the north and south two cities of Türkiye,
2. agreeing to participate in the research
3. not having communication barrier

Exclusion criteria

1. having a physical or mental illness that would prevent participation in the research

The Termination Criteria:

1. withdrawing from the research voluntarily
2. not attending at least one of the sessions
3. incomplete or incorrectly answering the instruments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education program will be held in a face-to-face classroom environment for the students in the experimental group. This training program has been developed based on the concepts of Cultural Marginality Theory. The content and topics of the sessions in the program are arranged according to the conceptual structure and flow of the theory. The training program was created in a certain flow, based on the concepts of recognizing intercultural conflict (2 sessions), marginal living (2 sessions) and alleviating cultural tension (2 sessions). There are 6 sessions in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 times a week, and each session lasts approximately 45 minutes. The training program will be applied to 33 foreign nursing students in the experimental group.

Treatment:

Other: The Cultural Marginality Theory-Based Education

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

There will be no training or intervention.