The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Tex Anxiety and Educational Stress

January 29, 2023 updated by: Bilge Kalanlar, Hacettepe University

The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Tex Anxiety and Educational Stress in 8th-Grade Students

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the effects of laughter therapy on tex anxiety and educational stress in 8th-grade students.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

64

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

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey
        • Bilge KALANLAR

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

13 years to 14 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

The inclusion criteria of the study were determined as being an 8th-grade student, speaking and understanding Turkish, and being able to perform daily life activities.

The exclusion criteria of the study were to have undergone a surgical operation in the last three months, and to have uncontrollable blood pressure, diabetes and asthma.

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: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: laughter yoga
Laughter yoga was performed face-to-face with the intervention group for 35-40 minutes twice a week and in 6 sessions in total.
Behavioral: laughter yoga
laughter yoga
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group
No intervention was performed for the control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Westside Test Anxiety Scale
Time Frame: up to 6 weeks
The Westside Test Anxiety Inventory is a ten-item scale in a single dimension that aims to measure test anxiety. The scale was developed to be used in examining the effect of a program to reduce test anxiety.
up to 6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Educational stress
Time Frame: up to 6 weeks
It is a self-reported 5-point Likert-type measurement tool consisting of 16 items. The educational stress scale consists of four sub-dimensions: work pressure, course load, success anxiety, and expectation versus hopelessness. In addition to the sub-dimensions in the scale, the total score for the overall scale is calculated.
up to 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Hacettepe University

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)

April 3, 2022

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 9, 2022

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 9, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 29, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 29, 2023

First Posted (ACTUAL)

February 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 8, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 29, 2023

Last Verified

January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • E2273

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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