Emotion Regulation Training, Nursing Student, and Alexithymia

Ankara Medipol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alexithymia; Emotion Regulation

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotion regulation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06701097

E.60365

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to investigate the effects of emotional regulation training, which is a prepared based on the cognitive behavioral approach, on alexithymia in nursing students.

Full description

This study aimed to reduce alexithymia levels in nursing students with emotion regulation training based on a cognitive behavioral approach. The study was conducted with 74 nursing students, 37 in the intervention group and 37 in the control group, studying at a foundation university in the 2023-2024 academic year. The study data were collected using the data collection form and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20). Data collection tools were applied three times as pre-post and follow-up tests. Male and female students who met the inclusion criteria of the study were determined by using the pre-test of the population. For the sample group to represent the population, students with high levels of alexithymia were identified by stratification by determining the class and gender ratios. Then, students were assigned to intervention and control groups by randomization. The 7-session training program prepared for the students in the intervention group was applied. No intervention was made to the control group during the implementation. After the training sessions were completed, post-test data were collected. Follow-up measurements were made three months later.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be a student of the nursing department
• Agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having received psychological support within the last 10 years
• Having a psychiatric disorder
• Not being a citizen of the Republic of Turkey

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

Emotion regulation training group

Experimental group

Description:

Since the number of participants in the intervention group would prevent the training from being given as a group, the participants were divided into three different groups. Each group was given theoretical training on emotions, thoughts, physical symptoms resulting from emotions, and verbal and non-verbal ways of communicating emotions. The theoretical training was reinforced with activities such as relaxation exercises, role plays, imagination, brainstorming, etc. Each training lasted 60-90 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotion regulation training

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group did not receive any training. Only pre-test, post-test, and follow-up tests were applied to the individuals in this group.