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The Effect of Logotherapy-Based Psychoeducation Applied to Family Members of Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia on Finding Meaning, Hope and Depression

NCT06859112 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2025-03-05

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Summary

The resources that will strengthen the family members who play a key role in the treatment of schizophrenia should also be activated. One of these resources that enable people to cope with the difficult events they experience is finding meaning in life. The meaning of life is a basic source of motivation for an individual to live despite everything. In this respect, meaning is a source that helps them maintain their mental balance. Another concept that is considered important in terms of protecting and strengthening the mental health of family members is hope. Hope is defined as setting a goal and taking action to achieve it, and looking for different ways when faced with difficulties. Hope gives caregivers the belief that they can cope with stressful experiences. Therefore, it is important to develop hope in family members of individuals with mental disorders. Today, different therapy methods are applied to protect and improve mental health. Recent studies have shown that logotherapy is an effective method in strengthening positive psychological factors and coping with negative emotions. Logotherapy adopts "Therapy through Meaning" as its basic method. The effectiveness of logotherapy on meaning and hope has been demonstrated in many different samples. No study has been found that focuses on meaning and hope in family members of chronic psychiatric patients. This study aims to determine the effect of a logotherapy-focused psychoeducation program on the meaning in life, hope, and depression levels in families of schizophrenia patients. The results of this study are applicable to family members of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Research hypotheses: H1a: Logotherapy-based psychoeducation applied to family members of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia will cause an increase in the members' finding and searching for meaning in life, future, positive readiness and expectation, and relationships with themselves and their surroundings subscale scores. H1b: Logotherapy-based psychoeducation applied to family members of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia will cause a decrease in the members' depression levels.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

logotherapy focused psychoeducation

8 sessions of online individual logotherapy focused psychoeducation program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • aslı zeynep sipahi

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-03
Primary Completion
2025-08-03
Completion
2025-09-03

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