Mindfulness Education in Adolescents

The Effect of Mindfulness Education on Interpersonal Style and Perceived Social Competence in Adolescents

Aim: It was planned to evaluate the impact of mindfulness training on interpersonal style and perceived social competence in adolescents.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Mindfulness
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness Training

Detailed Description

In the research, high school students will form the universe according to the education in the relevant institution. Based on a study with a similar design, it was decided to include 60 people, 30 in the intervention group and 30 in the control group, according to the effect size.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Korkut Ata University
    • Osmaniye, Korkut Ata University, Turkey, 80000
      • Türkiye

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

be a high school student

Exclusion Criteria:

Having any psychiatric illness that prevents adequate communication will not be included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mindfulness Training adolescent; An 8-week interview will be conducted with the individuals in the experimental group in the research in which the mindfulness training psychiatric nursing approach is applied. The control group will continue their routine school life. Individuals in the experimental group will be trained as a group and initiatives will be implemented in line with the goals of the individuals and the objectives of the research.	Behavioral: Mindfulness Training; The application is planned as 8 sessions and one session per week. Each session corresponds to one lesson hour and is approximately 30-40 minutes. In the content of the application, the individual's attention, mind, attitude, intention, thought; It has basic concepts such as the separation and merging process of thoughts in our minds, the deep processes of awareness, staying in the moment, values, focusing process, self-compassion, integration of awareness with other situations in life, meditation practices developed with practice, and the content summarized around these concepts. It is a program that tries to enable individuals to focus on the moment they live in, within the framework of these basic concepts. The program is divided into session titles such as "Introduction to Mindfulness", "Mind Awareness", "Body Awareness", "Emotion and Behavior Awareness", "Self Compassion", "Stress Awareness", "Eating Awareness".; Other Names: Mindfulness
No Intervention: Mindfulness; Individuals in the control group will continue their school life.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mindfulness training affects interpersonal style in adolescents.	It was developed to determine what style they use in interpersonal relationships. It is a self-assessment scale consisting of sixty items. The items are answered according to the question "How much does it describe you" and are answered in a 5-point Likert type as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. 0.1%, 1 point; 25%, 2 points; 50%, 3 points; 75% are evaluated with 4 points and 100% with 5 points. Accordingly, a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 300 points can be obtained.	up to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mindfulness training affects perceived social competence in adolescents	The Perceived Social Competence Scale is a one-dimensional scale consisting of 6 items and items. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 30, and the lowest score is 6. It can be said that as the scores obtained from the Perceived Social Competence Scale, which does not have any reversed items, increase, the perceived social competency level of the individual also increases	up to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ejdane Coskun
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ejdane Coşkun, Lect., Korkut Ata University Osmaniye, Center, Türkiye, 80000; Principal Investigator: Ayşe İNEL MANAV, Assoc. Prof, Korkut Ata University Osmaniye, Center, Türkiye, 80000; Principal Investigator: Hüsne Demirel, Assoc. Prof, Gazi University Ankara, Center, Türkiye, 06500; Principal Investigator: Yunus Ömer Arık, Grad. stud., Korkut Ata University Osmaniye, Center, Türkiye, 80000

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 30, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 25, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 25, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 8, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 21, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Adolescent; Psychiatric nursing; Mindfulness Training; Interpersonal Style; Perceived Social Competence
• Other Study ID Numbers: Mindfulness

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