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Serap Güleç Keskin1, Kübra Gülirmak1
1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study was conducted to determine the effect of psychoeducation of the positive psychotherapy (PPT)-based balance model applied to university students on spirituality index levels of their subjective well-being.
Design And Method:
The research was conducted as a quasi-experimental study with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was composed of undergraduate students of a university and the sample was composed of the students taking Intern Practice Course of Psychiatric Nursing. In the study, the data were collected using a Personal Information Form and Spirituality Index of Well-being.
Findings:
Frequency, percentage, Shapiro-Wilk test, and Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks tests were used to assess the data of the study. As a result of the statistical analysis, the students obtained significant results in the total score of Spirituality Index of Well-Being and the subscales of "Self-Efficacy" and "Life Schemes" (p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
PPT-based balance model education increases the subjective well-being levels of the students significantly.
Practice Implications:
PPT has a positive effect on the subjective well-being levels of individuals with spirituality index, this method should be used more in clinical studies with healthy or sick people.
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