THE EFFECTS OF THE YOGA-BASED PROGRAM ON THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN, SOCIAL SKILLS AND QUALITY OF LIFE

THE EFFECTS OF A PROGRAM OF MOVING MUSIC ACTIVITIES, YOGA AND MASSAGE ON HEALTHY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, SOCIAL SKILLS AND QUALITY OF LIFE

This study was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of a yoga-based psychosocial development program developed in line with the literature to improve the social, emotional and behavioral skills and quality of life of healthy preschool children. Watson's Human Care Model constitutes the theoretical framework of the study. The sample of the study, which will be conducted in a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test control group, consists of healthy children aged 60-72 months. The g*power 3.1.9.4 program was used to determine the sample size and it was determined that there should be at least 34 people in each group. The program consists of moving music activities, yoga postures accompanied by stories, breathing techniques and self-massage practices. The program will be implemented by the researcher, who has received specialty training in child yoga, for 30 minutes a day, two days a week for 6 weeks. Data will be collected using the Parent and Child Descriptive Data Form, Program Participation Form, Child Self-Assessment Form, Social Emotional Well-Being and Psychological Resilience Scale for Preschool Children, Social Competence and Behavior Rating Scale-30 and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. As a result of this study, positive effects are expected on the social, emotional, behavioral skills and quality of life of children to whom the psychosocial development program is applied.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Quality of Life; Yoga; Massage; Psychological Well-Being; Preschool
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Music Activities, Yoga, Massage

Detailed Description

Preschool years are a critical period in which children acquire physical, mental, emotional and social skills and development progresses rapidly. Psychosocial skills are one of the most important dimensions of development. It is emphasized that there is an important relationship between psychosocial skills and health and well-being. It is reported that socially competent and social-emotionally developed children are better able to cope with stressful situations, this skill increases school readiness, academic self-efficacy and academic success, and improves peer relations and coping skills with emotions. In the literature, school-based intervention programs that facilitate children's coping with stress, enable them to respond constructively to psychological and social difficulties, and help them develop emotion regulation skills are recommended from preschool onwards. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a psychosocial development program that includes moving music activities, exercises including yoga postures accompanied by stories, breathing techniques and self-massage practices on social-emotional well-being and psychological resilience, social competence, behavior and quality of life of preschool children.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 68
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Gökçe Algül, Lecturer; Phone Number: 03122026510; Email: gokcealgul@gazi.edu.tr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Ebru Kılıçarslan Törüner, Professor; Phone Number: 0 312 216 29 03; Email: ebrutoruner@gazi.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 60-72 months
• Do not have a health problem that would prevent them from actively participating in group games (attention deficit, hyperactivity, down syndrome, autism, etc.)
• Who have not participated in a similar program before
• Speak and understand Turkish
• Volunteer to participate in the program
• Children whose parents gave consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• She has a contraindication such as heart disease, wilms tumor that would prevent her from doing massage and yoga

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group; In addition to the training program prepared by the classroom teacher, the initiative group will receive a program that includes music activities, yoga postures accompanied by stories, breathing techniques and massage exercises, 2 days a week, 30 minutes a day for 6 weeks.	Behavioral: Music Activities, Yoga, Massage; The program begins with music and dance movements using percussion instruments (rhythm stick, stone triangle, drum, cymbal, tambourine, maracas, etc.) and body percussion. In this phase, the children will follow the instructions of the researcher. The goal is to warm up the bodies and musically experience the beginning of the program After the warm-up, yoga postures are combined with breathing techniques that focus on developing awareness of body sensations and feelings.The daily program ends with massage. During the massage application, the children sit in a circle. The massage is performed by the children observing the movements of the researcher on their arms and legs and applying them on their own arms and legs.Yoga postures, breathing techniques, and massage practices are accompanied by stories to ensure children's active participation, encourage their development, and facilitate their acquisition of new approaches.
No Intervention: Control Group; The teachers will continue their education within the program they have prepared.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Social Emotional Wellbeing and Psychological Resilience Scale for Preschool Children	A 36 item scale validated with six sub-scales: Communicating / Social Performance, Self-Control / Thoughtfulness, Assertiveness, Emotional Stability / Coping with Stress, Task Orientation, Enjoyment of Exploration. The scale will be completed by teachers on behalf of the children to screen and monitor the response to the intervention.	Baseline, after the six week intervention.
Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation SCBE-30	A 30 item scale validated with three sub-scales: Competence, Anger-Aggression, and Anxiety-Introversion, with ten items in each dimension.The scale will be completed by teachers on behalf of the children to screen and monitor the response to the intervention.	Baseline, after the six week intervention.
The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) (5-7 years)	It consists of 23 items questioning physical and psychosocial (emotional, social and school functionality) functionality. The scale will be completed by parents on behalf of the children to screen and monitor the response to the intervention.	Baseline, after the six week intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Qualitative Data on the Feasibility of Yoga Intervention Using Focus Group Discussions with Children	At the end of 6 weeks, a semi-structured qualitative interview will be conducted with a simple random method with 10 randomly selected children from the intervention group to evaluate the program. Children will be asked what they liked most and least about the program, what they learned from yoga, their favorite poses in yoga, how breathing exercises felt. Interviews with the children will be held in a quiet, uninterrupted, school-owned area to be directed by the school administration. In order for the children to feel more comfortable, the children will be interviewed in groups of two or three.	After six weeks
Program Attendance Form	Will assess the number of school-based sessions each child attends to assess commitment to the program.	During the six-week intervention, before yoga-based practice classes
Self-Assessment Form for Children	A visual analog scale will be used to measure each child's satisfaction and comfort levels in the intervention group.	During the six-week intervention, after yoga-based practice classes
Parent and Child Descriptive Data Form	A total of 12 questions (age, sex, education level, monthly income, etc.) were asked about the child and parent's identifying information. The descriptive characteristics form was developed by the researchers based on the literature	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gazi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): October 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 7, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2023
• Last Verified: May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Gazi University-GokceAlgul-001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No