The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Hope and School Burnout

Hacettepe University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hope

School Burnout

Laughter Yoga

Laughter Therapy

Treatments

Behavioral: Laughter yoga

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05742308

D6907

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students. The study hypothesized that laughter yoga would have an effect on hope and school burnout scores among secondary school students

Full description

Purpose: The aim of the research was to examine the effects of laughter yoga on life hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students.

Methods: The study was conducted with 60 (30 in the intervention group, and 30 in the control group) students. The study population consisted of 8th grade students. Laughter yoga sessions were applied to the intervention group twice a week for 6 weeks. No intervention was offered to the control group. Data were collected by a socio-demographic questionnaire, school burnout inventory and Children's Hope Scale.

Results: After laughter yoga, the intervention result showed a significant decrease in burnout (d=0.129; p < 0.001) and increase hope scores (d=0.556; p < 0.001) compared to the control group.

Conclusion: The study reveals that laughter yoga affects students' burnout and hope levels. It is recommended to organize laughter yoga activities in schools to decrease burnout and increase hope of students.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 14 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria of the study were determined as being an 8th-grade student, speaking and understanding Turkish, and being able to perform daily life activities.

Exclusion criteria

having severe hearing or perceptual deficits that impaired communication; having dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertensive disease and surgical operations with the risk of bleeding.