Laughter, Stress, Well-Being, Psychological
Conditions
Keywords
academic self efficacy, laughter yoga, undergraudate nursing education, well-being, stress
Brief summary
Nursing students experience different levels of stress due to many reasons such as lifestyle, health, academic performance, competition, choice of profession, new living environment, relationships with peer group and expectations of parents. It is important to develop different coping behaviours/strategies to manage stressful situations. Laughter yoga has proven positive effects on physical and mental health. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to examine the effects of laughter yoga on well-being, perceived stress and academic self-efficacy of nursing students.
Detailed description
Laughter yoga, which is a combination of laughter and yoga with breathing techniques, is among traditional and complementary medicine practices. Based on the view that the brain cannot distinguish between real and unreal laughter, laughter yoga aims to benefit from the mental and physical benefits of laughter. Laughter yoga has benefits such as reducing stress and depression symptoms, relaxing muscle tone, increasing blood circulation, lowering blood pressure, increasing melatonin and growth hormone release, increasing pain threshold, strengthening the immune system. Laughter yoga will be applied to the intervention group in 6 sessions (45 minutes each session). Well-being, Perceived Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy levels of the students will be evaluated before and after the intervention. Hypotheses of the study; H1: The well-being level of the intervention group increases after laughter yoga. H2: The academic self-efficacy level of the intervention group increases after laughter yoga. H3: Perceived stress level of the intervention group decreases after laughter yoga. H4: The well-being level of the intervention group after laughter yoga is higher than the control group. H5: The perceived stress level of the intervention group after laughter yoga is lower than the control group. H6: The academic self-efficacy level of the intervention group after laughter yoga is higher than the control group.
Interventions
OTHERLaugther Yoga
Laughter yoga will be applied to the intervention group in 6 sessions (45 minutes each session).
Sponsors
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* To be a 4th year nursing student, * Volunteer to participate
Exclusion criteria
* To take part in the intern programme, * Simultaneous participation in any methods of complementary medicine, * Having undergone surgery within the last three months, * Having a diagnosis of hernia (hernia) * Having a diagnosis of epilepsy * Uncontrolled diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Well being | 2 weeks post intervention | The WHO-5 well-being Scale point of the intervention group change laughter yoga. |
| Academic self-efficcay | 2 weeks post intervention | The academic self-efficacy point of the intervention group change after laughter yoga. |
| Stress | 2 weeks post intervention | The perceived stress scale point of the intervention group change after laughter yoga. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Well being | 2 weeks post intervention | The WHO-5 well-being Scale point of the intervention group incresad after laughter yoga. |
| Academic self-efficacy | 2 weeks post intervention | Academic self-efficacy Scale point of the intervention group incresad after laughter yoga. |
| Stress | 2 weeks post intervention | The perceived stress scale point of the intervention group decreased after laughter yoga. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed