The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Tex Anxiety and Educational Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Laughter Therapy; Stress, Exam
• Interventions: Behavioral: laughter yoga

• Registration Number: NCT05717231
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-03
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-09
• Study Completion: 2022-06-09
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-29
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
laughter yoga	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Westside Test Anxiety Scale	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Educational stress	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bilge KALANLAR; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey