Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Problem Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) defined the 10-19 age group as adolescent and the 15-24 age group as youth. Adolescence period; It is a period of rapid growth, development and maturation in terms of physical, mental, biochemical and social aspects.10-20% of children and adolescents living in the world have mental health diseases such as generalized anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorders.In adolescents, yoga is practiced as a relaxing tool to reduce stress, especially for exam anxiety.In Turkey, there are no yoga-based experimental studies to prevent anxiety, stress and depression in adolescents.
Detailed description
The aim of the study is to examine the effect of the Yoga-Based Stress Management Program on the ability to cope with stress in adolescents.Stress management sessions of the Adolescent Health Promotion-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Stress Management (COPE HEALTH-TEEN) program will be used in the stress management training to be explained in the program. There will also be yin yoga exercises. The general population of the research will be high school senior students in Safranbolu district of Karabük province in the 2021-2022 academic year. First of all, the stress, anxiety and depression levels of the adolescents will be calculated. The research will be carried out in a total of 14 high schools. Each school will be determined as a cluster and 7 experimental and 7 control schools will be randomly selected. Simple random draw method will be applied in the selection of experimental and control schools. Adolescents who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALYoga Based Stress Management Program
Yoga-based stress management program is applied to the intervention group.
Sponsors
Karabuk University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* High school senior student * Those who volunteered to participate in the research and * Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents
Exclusion criteria
* Students with any physical or mental disability • Low levels of perceived stress, anxiety, depression
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in stress level compared to baseline at 3 months. | Basaline, week 1, month 3 | Stress symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 56 points are obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of stress experienced by the person. |
| Change in anxiety level compared to baseline at 3 months. | Basaline, week 1, month 3 | Anxiety symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Beck Anxiety Scale. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum of 63 points is obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of anxiety experienced by the person. |
| Change in depression level compared to baseline at 3 months. | Basaline, week 1, month 3 | Depression symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale. A minimum of 30 and a maximum of 120 points can be obtained from the scale. A high total score indicates that the depression experienced by the person is high. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed