The Effect of Psychoeducation on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Negative Emotional Symptoms

The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Approach-based Psychoeducation on the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Negative Emotional Symptom Levels of Emerging Adults Who Experienced an Earthquake

This research was planned to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral approach-based psychoeducation on the cognitive emotion regulation strategies and negative emotional symptom levels of emerging adults who experienced an earthquake. In this research, pre-test, post-test and follow-up test will be performed and there will be 1 experimental and 1 control group created by randomization.After the pre-test applied to the experimental and control groups, a 9-session cognitive behavioral approach-based psychoeducation program will be applied to the experimental group.Following this application, post-test and one-month follow-up tests will be administered to both groups and the effectiveness of the psychoeducation program will be compared.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being in the 18-29 age group,
• Being at least a primary school graduate,
• Being exposed to/having experienced the Kahramanmaraş earthquake and living in the center of Osmaniye.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a hearing or speech disability that makes it difficult to answer surveys,
• Participating in a similar psychoeducation program,
• Presence of any psychiatric disorder and receiving treatment