The Effect of a Peer Mentoring Program on Nursing Students

The Effect of a Peer Mentoring Program on Nursing Students' Perceived Empathic Self-Efficacy, Social Self-Efficacy, and Youth Leadership Characteristics: A Pretest-Posttest Quasi-Experimental Study

This project is designed as a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effect of the Peer Leadership Program, established in the Nursing Department, on nursing peer mentor students' empathic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, and youth leadership characteristics.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Social Skills; Leadership; Mentoring; Peer Group; Nurse; Program Evaluation; Empathy Skills
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: First Session; Other: Second Session; Other: Third session; Other: Fourth session; Other: Fifth Session; Other: Sixth Session

Detailed Description

The study population comprises second, third and fourth-year students enrolled at Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, during the 2024-2025 academic year. Peer mentor students, selected on the basis of volunteerism, will be randomly assigned mentors by an independent researcher to ensure randomness. The study will be conducted over a period of six weeks. During this period, the peer mentors will undergo training in communication techniques, interview methods, empathic approach, social motivation and leader-member interaction, with the subsequent sharing of postcasts. Furthermore, a presentation and evaluation meeting will be held between the peer mentors and their mentees, with the aim of fostering empathy and understanding between the two groups. The meeting will be based on the theme of 'nursing and society'. In order to assess the effectiveness of the intervention, the peer mentors' empathic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy and youth leadership characteristics will be evaluated before and after the meeting. Additionally, the socio-demographic data of the students will be recorded in a data collection form.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Tangul AYTUR OZEN, Head of the Department of Nursing Management, Ph D.; Phone Number: +90 05063438226; Email: tangulozen@sdu.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Merkez
    • Isparta, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye), 32100
      • Recruiting
      • Health Scence Faculty of Suleyman Demirel University
      • Contact: TANGÜL AYTUR OZEN, PhD.; Phone Number: 05063438226; Email: tangulaozen@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The term "volunteers" is used to designate students enrolled in the 2024-2025 academic year, in their second, third or fourth year of studies, who are actively engaged in the education and training process.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who indicated a preference for not being a first-year student and instead volunteered to serve as peer mentors.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Training material sharing and activity sessions; Eğitim materyali paylaşımı ve etkinlik oturumları

Other: First Session; Introductions, explanation of the purpose and content of the project, realisation of the pre-test application. Giving the assignment with the theme of 'Nursing and Society' between peer mentors and mentees.; Other: Second Session; Training of peer mentors on communication techniques, interview methods and empathic approach.; Other: Third session; Sharing postcasts on communication techniques, interview methods and empathic approach with peer mentors.; Other: Fourth session; Training of peer mentors on social motivation and leader-member interaction; Other: Fifth Session; Sharing postcasts with peer mentors on social motivation and leader-member interaction.; Other: Sixth Session; Presentation of 'Nursing and Society' themed assignments of peer mentors and mentees as a group (Composition, poem, poster, presentation, role play, etc. are left free among the students) and post-test application.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Empathic Self-Efficacy and Social Self-Efficacy Scale	The scale was developed by Di Giunta et al. (2010), and the Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Akın and Başören. The scale comprises 11 items and two dimensions, with respondents invited to indicate their level of agreement on a five-point Likert scale, where 1 represents a complete disagreement and 5 represents complete agreement. The items are distributed according to the two subscales, namely perceived empathic self-efficacy (items 1-6) and perceived social self-efficacy (items 7-11). A high score on the first sub-dimension of the scale, empathic self-efficacy, indicates that the individual perceives themselves as capable of responding empathically to the needs and feelings of others. A high score on the second sub-dimension, social self-efficacy, indicates that the individual perceives themselves as capable of initiating and managing interpersonal relationships.	Before Training and Activities (First Session) and at the Final Session After 6 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Youth Leadership Traits scale	The 'Youth Leadership Characteristics Scale' developed by Cansoy and Turan in 2016 in 5-point Likert form consists of 40 items and seven sub-dimensions. The sub-dimensions are; willingness to struggle and goal setting (7 items), ability to communicate (7 items), group skills (7 items), decision making skills (4 items), problem solving skills (4 items), responsibility (5 items), self-confidence (6 items). In Cansoy and Turan's (2016) study, the Cronbach's Alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.92. According to the frequency of the behaviour shown, the youth leadership traits scale is planned as Always '5 points', Frequently '4 points', Occasionally '3 points', Very rarely '2 points', Never '1 point'. The increase in the score indicates that the approach is positive.	Before Training and Activities (First Session) and at the Final Session After 6 Weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Suleyman Demirel University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 29, 2025
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 24, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 27, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nursing students,; Peer mentoring program; Empathic Self-Efficacy; Social Self-Efficacy; Youth Leadership
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavior; Social Behavior; Social Skills
• Other Study ID Numbers: SDU-SBF-HEM-TAO-01

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