Program Development Study for Emotional Intelligence

May 17, 2022 updated by: NİL KÜÇÜK YÜCEYURT, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Program Development Study for Developing Emotional Intelligence for Nursing Students

For qualified nursing care, emotional intelligence skills of nurses should be developed during their vocational training. This research was carried out in order to develop and evaluate the Emotional Intelligence Training Program based on the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Model for nursing students in line with Demirel's program development model.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

The experiment was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design with placebo, control group (pretest-posttest control pattern), blind technique. It is a research with a mixed pattern, since the individual in-depth interview method, one of the qualitative research methods, is also used in the research together with quantitative methods. The research was carried out with first-year nursing faculty students (N: 250) of a university.

The Emotional Intelligence training program created and was applied to the experimental group in the specified period. In order to minimize the risk of interaction, a different training program was simultaneously applied to the placebo group.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The average score of the students on the emotional intelligence scale is in the range of 1-4 points.
  • Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have received or receiving professional psychological or psychiatric support

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Emotional Intelligence Intervention Group
Nursing students, whose Emotional Intelligence skills were aimed to be developed, formed the intervention group.
It is a training program that was developed in line with the literature and preliminary research results and includes the bar-on emotional intelligence sub-dimensions.
Placebo Comparator: Environmental Awareness Educational Group
It is a group created to eliminate the risk of interaction about the intervention made due to the fact that nursing students are studying in the same semester and at the same faculty. Different from the intervention group, the students selected for this group were trained on environmental awareness, which is not related to Emotional Intelligence concepts and skills.
It is a training program that was developed in line with the literature and includes the environmental awareness skills education.
No Intervention: No Intervention: Control Group
The control group consisted of the students who continued their nursing education and did not have any intervention or application for the development of emotional intelligence skills.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Emotional Intellligence Skills
Time Frame: Baseline (Before Education Program, posttest (2 weeks after education program ended)
Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale
Baseline (Before Education Program, posttest (2 weeks after education program ended)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Training Program Evaluation Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the training program carried out as an initiative.
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Nil Küçük Yüceyurt, PhD, Istanbul Univesity Cerrahpasa

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 11, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 17, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

May 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 18, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 17, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IUC-FNHF

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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