Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation and Defense Mechanisms, Mindful Awareness

Summary

Purpose: Nowadays, it is seen that there is an increasing interest in mindfulness-based therapies. Such practices can be beneficial by contributing to the personal and professional development of nursing students. In the study, the effect of mindfulness-based psychoeducation applied to Turkish nursing students on defense mechanisms and mindfulness was evaluated.

Method: The research was designed as a quasi-experimental study with a control group. The population of the study consisted of 96 newly enrolled students in the nursing department of a foundation university, and the sample consisted of a total of 72 students who met the inclusion criteria of the study. In the sample, while 33 students formed the intervention group, 39 students formed the control group. Mindfulness- Based Psychoeducation was given online in 16 sessions in 8 weeks. Data were collected using the Defense Style Questionnaire and the Awareness Scale.Percentage distributions were used in the analysis of the data, t-Test and Chi-Square test were used in the comparison of the intervention and control groups, and the paired-samples t-Test was used in the comparison of the intervention and control groups within the group.

Conditions

• Mindfulness
• Psychoeducation
• Defense Mechanisms
• Awareness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mindfulness-based psychoeducation program

Mindful awareness is a mind and body practice that involves increasing attention to what is happening at the moment and accepting what is perceived without judgment. Mindfulness includes awareness and attention; Awareness is the mechanism that constantly controls the of the state of consciousness. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapies are evidence-based psychoeducation. Psychoeducation was organized in 2 consecutive sessions once a week for 8 weeks, and each session was 60 minutes, in total 16 sessions. The content of the psychoeducation program was explained in detail, and techniques such as presentation and question-answer narrative techniques, video, audio recording, mindfulness assignments for the next session were used in the training.

BEHAVIORAL

ongoing life

The control group continued with their lives without any intervention. Only pre-test and post-test were applied. While the program was applied to the experimental group, no intervention was made to the control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Burcu Demir Gokmen, phd · Agri Ibrahim Cecen Universty

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

24 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-03-08

Primary Completion

2021-03-08

Completion

2021-05-17

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations