Behaviors and Mental Disorders

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Anxiety Disorders

Mandala group will participate in 2 sessions of individual mandala drawing art activity with the theme of 'Emotions' accompanied by classical or instrumental music. In each session, a mandala will be created.

Mandala group

Value clarification groups will participate in the value clarification activity by writing 2 sessions individually with the theme of 'Emotions' accompanied by classical or instrumental music.

Value clarification group

Meltem GÜRCAN, Res. Assist.

Sevcan Atay Turan, PhD

Sevcan ATAY TURAN, PhD

The research is planned to be conducted with a randomized controlled experimental study. In the research, it is aimed to determine the effect of mandala drawing art and value clarification application based on Watson Human Care Theory on the anxiety and mood of the parents of children with cancer.

The population of the study consists of the parents of children diagnosed with cancer in the Akdeniz University Hospital Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic. The sample of the study is three groups; intervention 1 group (n:25), intervention 2 group (n:25) and control group (n:25) will consist of a total of 75 people. A closed envelope system with simple randomization will be used in sample selection.

Intervention 1 group will participate in 2 sessions of individual mandala drawing art activity with the theme of 'Emotions' accompanied by classical or instrumental music. In each session, a mandala will be created. Intervention 2 groups will participate in the value clarification activity by writing 2 sessions individually with the theme of 'Emotions' accompanied by classical or instrumental music. The Personal Information Form, State Anxiety Inventory and Positive-Negative Affect Scale will be applied to the intervention groups at the first session and the second session to collect pre-test and post-test data. No intervention will be made to the control group, and the same data collection tools will be applied to the intervention groups.

İn addition, in this study, a qualitative study will be conducted to determine the experiences of parents of children with cancer. For the qualitative study, the participant will be asked to interpret the colors and shapes of the mandala parent drew in the second session, and a face-to-face interview will be held with a semi-structured form.

Mandala Art and Value Clarification With Parents of Children With Cancer

The Effect of Mandala Art and Value Clarification Based on Watson's Theory of Human Caring on the Anxiety and Mood of Parents of Children With Cancer

The scale consists of 20 items, 10 of which are positive and 10 of which are negative, describing various emotions. The scale has 2 sub-dimensions: positive and negative affect.

The State Anxiety Inventory is a 4-point Likert-type scale consisting of 20 items. According to the level of life of individuals; It is answered by marking one of the options such as (1) not at all, (2) a little, (3) a lot, (4) completely.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Mandala Art and Value Clarification With Parents of Children With Cancer	NCT05907070	Nursing Caries	Mandala group Value clarifica...	-	Akdeniz University
Mandala Art and Value Clarification With Parents of Children With Cancer	NCT05907070	Nursing Caries	Mandala group Value clarifica...	-	Akdeniz University

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