Nursing StudentsNCT06716684
Cognitive-Behavioral Approach and Anger
A study testing Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program in people with Nursing Students and Psychoeducation, run by Kafkas University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
A randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression styles. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 25 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Nursing Students, Psychoeducation, Anger
- What is being tested?
- Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 121 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 8 Dec 2021to 22 Apr 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 25 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- To agree to participate in the study,
- Not to have participated in the training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals before,
- Not to have a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment history,
- Not to have hearing-vision problems,
- To be between the ages of 18-25,
- To have participated in at least four of the sessions,
- To get a high score from the Trait Anger Sub-scale compared to other students
Who cannot join
- Having previously attended a training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals
- Having a problem that prevents filling out the forms to be used in the research
- Having hearing or vision problems
- Being under 18 or over 25
- Having a history of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
- Having not attended more than four sessions
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department
Kars, 36100
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program on Trait Anger and Anger Expression Styles of Nursing Students
A randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression styles.
Read the detailed description
Anger, which is an emotion experienced by all people, is a natural and normal reaction that can occur depending on the interaction of the person with his/her environment. However, frequent anger can damage physical and mental health and can lead to violence and aggression. Anger is interpreted according to the way it is expressed and a person can express anger in different ways (anger-in, anger-out, anger-control). While anger-in and anger-out are negative behavioral reactions, anger control is an appropriate response. One of the groups that often experiences anger is nursing students. Students studying in the department of nursing are considered as the health workforce of tomorrow and both study in stressful environments and work in stressful environments. Anger is an emotion experienced as a reaction to stress among nursing students. The inability of students who do not have anger management skills to control their anger may negatively affect their approach to patients, relatives and teammates. Since negative expression of anger can have a negative impact on interpersonal relationships with others, it may hinder the development of working alliances between nursing students and patients. Students studying in the department of nursing graduate without adequate training on how to express their anger correctly. Anger coping programs for nursing students should primarily include the assessment of anger expression styles and provide techniques for expressing anger appropriately and coping with anger. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a psychoeducation program based on the cognitive-behavioral approach on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression style. The hypothesis that there was no difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of trait anger, anger-in, anger-out and anger control after the intervention were tested.
- Conditions
- Nursing Students, Psychoeducation, Anger
- Being tested
- Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program
- Keywords
- Nursing Students, Psychoeducation, Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Anger, Anger Expression Style
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation ProgramBehavioural
A 6 session cognitive-behavioral approach based psychoeducation program developed in line with the literature review is applied in the research. Group training sessions have been held once a week with each session 90 minutes on average. The techniques such as automatic thought recording, finding cognitive errors, thought-stopping, forming alternative thoughts, daydreaming, countdown, problem solving, role playing, modeling, deep breathing, relaxation exercises, summarizing, explaining, informing, homework were used in the sessions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | In the study, a 6-session psychoeducation programme on coping with anger was given to the intervention group. Receives: Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program |
| Control group | No intervention | No intervention was applied to the control group in the study. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Trait anger and anger expression styles before intervention
Students' trait anger and anger expression styles were assessed before the intervention. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale was used in the evaluation. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale: The 4-point Likert-type scale designed (1983) has a total of 34 questions. Turkish adaptation of this scale was made (1994). Ten questions in the scale question trait anger and twenty-four questions question anger expression styles. A score between 10-40 is obtained from the trait anger scale and between 8-32 from the other sub-scales (anger-in, anger-out and anger control). High scores from trait anger indicate that the level of anger is high, high scores from the anger control scale indicate that anger can be controlled, high scores on the anger-out subscale indicate that anger can be expressed externally, and high scores from the anger-in subscale indicate that anger is suppressed.
Measured: Before the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Secondary outcomes (1)
Trait anger and anger expression styles after intervention
Students' trait anger and anger expression styles were assessed after the intervention. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale was used in the evaluation.
Measured: After the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Dec 2024
- Study start8 Dec 2021
- Primary completion16 Jan 2022
- Study completion22 Apr 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Nursing StudentsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Following recruitment, the nursing students were divided into a intervention and a control group by randomization.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 121 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kafkas University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Berna Aktas, Kafkas University
- Investigators
- Berna Aktaş, PhD, Study chair, Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Nursing Department
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06716684
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Interventional trial
- Status last verified
- Nov 2024
- First submitted
- 29 Nov 2024
- Last updated
- 4 Dec 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Dec 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program on Trait Anger and Anger Expression Styles of Nursing Students
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06716684
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Interventional trial
- Conditions
- Nursing Students, Psychoeducation, Anger
- Keywords
- Nursing Students, Psychoeducation, Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Anger, Anger Expression Style
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 121 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Kafkas UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 8 Dec 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 16 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 22 Apr 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 4 Dec 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
A randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression styles.
Detailed description
Anger, which is an emotion experienced by all people, is a natural and normal reaction that can occur depending on the interaction of the person with his/her environment. However, frequent anger can damage physical and mental health and can lead to violence and aggression. Anger is interpreted according to the way it is expressed and a person can express anger in different ways (anger-in, anger-out, anger-control). While anger-in and anger-out are negative behavioral reactions, anger control is an appropriate response. One of the groups that often experiences anger is nursing students. Students studying in the department of nursing are considered as the health workforce of tomorrow and both study in stressful environments and work in stressful environments. Anger is an emotion experienced as a reaction to stress among nursing students. The inability of students who do not have anger management skills to control their anger may negatively affect their approach to patients, relatives and teammates. Since negative expression of anger can have a negative impact on interpersonal relationships with others, it may hinder the development of working alliances between nursing students and patients. Students studying in the department of nursing graduate without adequate training on how to express their anger correctly. Anger coping programs for nursing students should primarily include the assessment of anger expression styles and provide techniques for expressing anger appropriately and coping with anger. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a psychoeducation program based on the cognitive-behavioral approach on nursing students' trait anger and anger expression style. The hypothesis that there was no difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of trait anger, anger-in, anger-out and anger control after the intervention were tested.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Following recruitment, the nursing students were divided into a intervention and a control group by randomization.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation ProgramIn the study, a 6-session psychoeducation programme on coping with anger was given to the intervention group. |
| Control group | No intervention | –No intervention was applied to the control group in the study. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- To agree to participate in the study,
- Not to have participated in the training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals before,
- Not to have a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment history,
- Not to have hearing-vision problems,
- To be between the ages of 18-25,
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Having previously attended a training program on anger expression and management given by mental health professionals
- Having a problem that prevents filling out the forms to be used in the research
- Having hearing or vision problems
- Being under 18 or over 25
- Having a history of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation ProgramA 6 session cognitive-behavioral approach based psychoeducation program developed in line with the literature review is applied in the research. Group training sessions have been held once a week with each session 90 minutes on average. The techniques such as automatic thought recording, finding cognitive errors, thought-stopping, forming alternative thoughts, daydreaming, countdown, problem solving, role playing, modeling, deep breathing, relaxation exercises, summarizing, explaining, informing, homework were used in the sessions. | Behavioural | Intervention group |
Primary outcome
Trait anger and anger expression styles before intervention
Time frame: Before the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Students' trait anger and anger expression styles were assessed before the intervention. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale was used in the evaluation. Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale: The 4-point Likert-type scale designed (1983) has a total of 34 questions. Turkish adaptation of this scale was made (1994). Ten questions in the scale question trait anger and twenty-four questions question anger expression styles. A score between 10-40 is obtained from the trait anger scale and between 8-32 from the other sub-scales (anger-in, anger-out and anger control). High scores from trait anger indicate that the level of anger is high, high scores from the anger control scale indicate that anger can be controlled, high scores on the anger-out subscale indicate that anger can be expressed externally, and high scores from the anger-in subscale indicate that anger is suppressed.
1 secondary outcome
Trait anger and anger expression styles after intervention
Time frame: After the 6-week intervention was administered to students
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Dec 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Berna Aktaş, PhD study chair
Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Psychiatric Nursing Department
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based Psychoeducation Program in people with Nursing Students and Psychoeducation, run by Kafkas University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Dec 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Trait anger and anger expression styles before intervention (time frame: Before the 6-week intervention was administered to students). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Dec 2024.