The Effect of Emotion Recognition and Empathy Focused Education Program Applied to Earthquake Survivors on Anxiety, Rumination and Post-traumatic Growth Levels of Children

Summary

Earthquakes cause increased mental health problems in the communities they hit. Few attempts have been made to develop effective psychological care strategies for earthquake survivors. Interventions are needed to deal with traumatic stress issues in large populations that survive devastating earthquakes. Fear and anxiety post-traumatic growth and rumination can coexist in individuals after traumatic experiences, and the cognitive pathways leading to them may be different. However, to date, no study has examined the effect of emotion recognition and empathy focused education program on anxiety, rumination and post-traumatic growth levels. This situation constitutes the original value of this project. The aim of this project is to investigate the effect of the emotion recognition and empathy-oriented education program applied to earthquake survivors on children's anxiety, rumination and post-traumatic growth levels. The data of this project, which is planned in accordance with the experimental research principles, will be collected in two primary schools planned to be opened after 13 March 2023. Demographic information form, Event-Related Rumination Inventory, Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, and Child Anxiety Scale-State and Child Fear Inventory will be used as the project data collection form. The results obtained in this project are planned to be presented as an oral presentation at a national or international congress that will take place in 2023 or 2024 with the theme of child health, nursing or disaster nursing.

The data of the research will be evaluated with the SPSS 20.0 program on the computer. Percentage, mean and t test will be used in the analysis of the data. Chi-square test, Sperman correlation and Wilcoxon test will be used for categorical comparisons. The significance level will be accepted as 0.05 in all statistical processes used within the scope of the research. The significance level will be accepted as 0.05 in all statistical processes used within the scope of the research.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The effect of emotion recognition and empathy focused education program

Emotion recognition and empathy-oriented education program is a group-based, interactive program that includes techniques such as vision development, brainstorming, painting and drawing, recital, role-playing, gamification and information notes, which requires the active participation of children. Within the program; There are trainings aimed at establishing bilateral relations, gaining in-group commitment, expressing emotions comfortably, feeling that they are not alone, and learning new resources that will make them feel good when they feel bad. The aims of education; children,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duygu Ayar

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ayşe Eminoğlu

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ayşe Elkoca · Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

10 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-04-30

Primary Completion

2023-06-30

Completion

2023-10-30