Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme for Reducing the Stress Level of Nursing Student

The Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme for Reducing the Stress Level and Emotion Regulation of Nursing Students

Purpose: This research was planned to determine the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on reducing the stress level and emotion regulation of nursing students.

Design: The research was planned as a pretest, posttest, follow-up and randomized controlled study in order to determine the effect of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program on the stress level and emotion regulation of nursing students.

Hypotheses: H1: The perceived stress level scores of nursing students in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction program will decrease compared to the nursing students in the control group.

H2: The perceived stress level of the nursing students in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction program will decrease according to their pretest scores.

H3: Emotion regulation strategies of nursing students in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction program will differ from the nursing students in the control group.

H4: The posttest and follow-up emotion regulation strategies of nursing students in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction program will differ from the pretest.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age range is 18-25 years old
• Being a student in the second or third year of the nursing department
• Regular attendance at school
• Not having a communication problem related to vision or hearing
• It was determined as having a score of 26 or more from the perceived stress scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have a psychiatric illness