Objectives: This research was planned to examine the effect of cognitive behavioraltherapy on the post-traumatic stress symptoms of nursing students during the COVID-19pandemic.Design: Single-blinded study with parallel groups. Setting: Faculty of Nursing.Participants: 60 first-year students studying at the Faculty of Nursing were randomlyassigned to the intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups.Method: Data were collected using the Information Form prepared by the researcher and thePost Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5. The intervention group was collectedonline three times, before the cognitive behavioral group therapy, at the end of thetherapy and three months later. Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioralapproach of ten sessions; face-to-face, the intervention group was divided into twoseparate groups and each group was completed in approximately one and a half months(May-June 2022), two days a week. Follow-up measurement was completed in September 2022.While group therapy was applied to the intervention group, no intervention was made tothe control group.
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Other: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group
Group intervention program based on cognitive behavioral approach of ten sessions; It was
completed in approximately one and a half months (May-June 2022) in the Faculty of
Nursing, by dividing the experimental group into two separate groups, two days a week for
each group. Each session was held for approximately one hour. The last measurement was
made three months after the last therapy session (September 2022).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being a first year nursing student
Exclusion Criteria:
- Being a foreign student
- Having a psychiatric diagnosis
Fatma Yener Özcan
Meram 304582, Konya 306569, Turkey (Türkiye)
Burcu CEYLAN
Tekirdağ 738927, Turkey (Türkiye)
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