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The effect of laughter therapy on happiness and self‐esteem level in 5th grade students.
- Source :
- Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing; Feb2022, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p52-59, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Problem: The study was conducted to examine the effects of laughter therapy on happiness level and self‐esteem in 5th grade students. Methods: This study used an experimental study with pretest posttest control group. The study population consisted of 5th grade students studying at a secondary school in Turkey. There were six branches in the 5th grade. Groups were randomly selected from among these 5th grade classes to include 29 students in the intervention group and 32 in the control group. Laughter therapy sessions were applied to the intervention group twice a week for 4 weeks. No intervention was offered to the control group. The data were collected by a questionnaire, the School Children's Happiness Inventory, and the Coopersmith Self‐Esteem Inventory. Results: It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of the School Children's Happiness Inventory (p <.05) but no significant difference was found according to the groups' scores on the Coopersmith Self‐Esteem Inventory (p >.05). Conclusions: In this study, it was determined that laughter therapy increased the happiness level of students yet had no effect on their self‐esteem. It is recommended to organize laughter therapy activities in schools to increase the happiness levels of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALTERNATIVE medicine -- Evaluation
EXPERIMENTAL design
HIGH schools
STATISTICAL significance
HUMAN research subjects
ANALYSIS of variance
TIME
HAPPINESS in children
HEALTH outcome assessment
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
CONCEPTUAL structures
SELF-perception in children
QUESTIONNAIRES
REPEATED measures design
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ALTERNATIVE medicine
PSYCHOLOGY of school children
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10736077
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155028951
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12347