The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Problematic Internet Use and Loneliness

Gazi University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Loneliness; Problematic Internet Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interview

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05646329

Elif Altun

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research will examine the effect of online individual motivational interviewing applied to nursing students on problematic internet use and loneliness. Mixed method will be used in the research.

Full description

Problematic internet use is seen as a multidimensional syndrome consisting of cognitive and behavioral symptoms that cause negative social, academic and professional consequences. Problematic internet use to the individual; psychological effects such as eating disorder, depression, sleep disorder, addiction, anxiety, physical effects such as injury, posture disorders, social effects such as lack of social relations and loneliness. Many issues related to problematic internet use are mentioned. However, psychosocial intervention studies to help problematic internet use remain a subject of little research.

Enrollment: 66 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Being in the pre-intention or intention stage according to the motivational interview change cycle determination form,
2. Scoring above the problematic internet use scale average,
3. Volunteer to participate in the study,
4. Having no problems with speaking and understanding Turkish

Exclusion criteria

1. Having a psychiatric diagnosis
2. Receiving ongoing individual or group counseling
3. Being in the phase of preparation, action or maintenance from the change phases
4. Not wanting to continue research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

The motivational interview to be held with the experimental group was planned as 4 sessions together with the follow-up session. The session will last a maximum of 40 minutes. The session will be once a week. Motivational interview will be conducted individually and online with the experimental group. For individual interviews, the appropriate day and time will be determined with the researcher before the first session and the sessions will continue on the same day and time every week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interview

Waiting list group

No Intervention group

Description:

If the students in the control group make a request at the end of the study, an online individual motivational interview will be held. The intervention applied to the experimental group will also be applied to the control group at the end of the study. Intervention: Behavioural Intervention Based on Problematic Internet Use