Violence Against Women (VAW)Laughter YogaNCT06838052
The Effect of Laughter Yoga-Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program on Attitudes Towards Violence, Styles of Coping with Stress and Psychological Flexibility
A study testing Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga in people with Violence Against Women (VAW) and Laughter Yoga, run by Ankara University.
Trial summary
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program applied to women on attitudes towards violence, stress coping styles and psychological flexibility. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Violence Against Women (VAW), Laughter Yoga, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
- What is being tested?
- Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 20 Sep 2025to 20 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Inclusion Criteria Being a woman Being 18 years of age or older Having a partner, speaking, understanding Reading and writing in Turkish Being registered in a women's education and culture center
Exclusion Criteria Having any communication barrier Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness Having attended a planned training on violence
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program applied to women on attitudes towards violence, stress coping styles and psychological flexibility.
The problem of violence against women is a public health problem that affects and concerns not only women at the individual level, but also children, all family members and therefore society. According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in our country, 38% of women have been subjected to spousal or partner violence at some point in their lives. Violence or the threat of violence that causes fear, pain and anxiety in women from an individual perspective; constitutes an obstacle to women's more active and productive participation in economic and social life, especially in the private sphere. From a social perspective, the economic cost of violence against women is extremely high in terms of loss of working hours and wages, social services, legal and medical expenses.
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Our country has a culturally patriarchal social structure. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards the acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. When the reasons for submissive behaviors towards violence are examined, it is stated that factors such as having children, low self-esteem, religious beliefs, social pressure, emotional attachment to a long-term relationship, running away from home, arranged marriage, being economically dependent on the spouse and low level of education are effective. Accepting violence encourages aggression and causes violent people to legitimize their actions. It is stated that submissive and accepting attitudes towards violence can be changed. Interventions aimed at empowering women play an important role in reducing attitudes accepting violence. It is anticipated that this project will create an opportunity for women to raise awareness about violence and change their accepting attitudes towards violence.
The proposed project consists of THREE stages. The first stage, PREPARATION stage; includes preparation of data collection tools, determination and informing of scholarship recipients, development of training content and tools, preliminary application and determination of the working group. The second stage is the IMPLEMENTATION stage, which includes collecting pre-test data, loading public transportation fees onto participants' cards for transportation, providing training to the intervention group, and collecting post-test data. The third stage is the MONITORING-EVALUATION stage, which is the stage of collecting follow-up test data and conducting analyses.
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the research will consist of 7988 women registered in 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated with Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the research. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, totaling 86, at 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering the 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The assignment of the women included in the research to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups will be done by randomization method. The aim is to implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program face-to-face for an 8-week period for the participants in the intervention group. The 47 participants in the intervention group will be divided into 3 separate groups (16 participants, 16 participants and 15 participants) to increase interaction and experience sharing. The project team will implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program consisting of 8 modules to 3 separate groups. The intervention group will be given a pre-test before the training, a post-test after the training and a follow-up test 1 month after the training is completed. It is planned to collect data by conducting a pre-test, post-test and follow-up test simultaneously with the experimental group without any intervention for the control group. Data will be collected using the Attitude Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale, the Psychological Flexibility Scale and the Styles of Coping with Stress Scale. Institutional permission will be obtained from the Ankara University Ethics Committee and the Altındağ Municipality.
In this project, with the "Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga", women will be provided with training on the Importance of Self-Knowledge and Communication, Stress and Coping Techniques, Gender, Empowerment
Read the detailed description
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program applied to women on attitudes towards violence, stress coping styles and psychological flexibility.
The problem of violence against women is a public health problem that affects and concerns not only women at the individual level, but also children, all family members and therefore society. According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in our country, 38% of women have been subjected to spousal or partner violence at some point in their lives. Violence or the threat of violence that causes fear, pain and anxiety in women from an individual perspective; constitutes an obstacle to women's more active and productive participation in economic and social life, especially in the private sphere. From a social perspective, the economic cost of violence against women is extremely high in terms of loss of working hours and wages, social services, legal and medical expenses.
Our country has a culturally patriarchal social structure. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards the acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. When the reasons for submissive behaviors towards violence are examined, it is stated that factors such as having children, low self-esteem, religious beliefs, social pressure, emotional attachment to a long-term relationship, running away from home, arranged marriage, being economically dependent on the spouse and low level of education are effective. Accepting violence encourages aggression and causes violent people to legitimize their actions. It is stated that submissive and accepting attitudes towards violence can be changed. Interventions aimed at empowering women play an important role in reducing attitudes accepting violence. It is anticipated that this project will create an opportunity for women to raise awareness about violence and change their accepting attitudes towards violence.
The proposed project consists of THREE stages. The first stage, PREPARATION stage; includes preparation of data collection tools, determination and informing of scholarship recipients, development of training content and tools, preliminary application and determination of the working group. The second stage is the IMPLEMENTATION stage, which includes collecting pre-test data, loading public transportation fees onto participants' cards for transportation, providing training to the intervention group, and collecting post-test data. The third stage is the MONITORING-EVALUATION stage, which is the stage of collecting follow-up test data and conducting analyses.
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the research will consist of 7988 women registered in 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated with Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the research. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, totaling 86, at 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering the 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The assignment of the women included in the research to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups will be done by randomization method. The aim is to implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program face-to-face for an 8-week period for the participants in the intervention group. The 47 participants in the intervention group will be divided into 3 separate groups (16 participants, 16 participants and 15 participants) to increase interaction and experience sharing. The project team will implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program consisting of 8 modules to 3 separate groups. The intervention group will be given a pre-test before the training, a post-test after the training and a follow-up test 1 month after the training is completed. It is planned to collect data by conducting a pre-test, post-test and follow-up test simultaneously with the experimental group without any intervention for the control group. Data will be collected using the Attitude Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale, the Psychological Flexibility Scale and the Styles of Coping with Stress Scale. Institutional permission will be obtained from the Ankara University Ethics Committee and the Altındağ Municipality.
In this project, with the "Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga", women will be provided with training on the Importance of Self-Knowledge and Communication, Stress and Coping Techniques, Gender, Empowerment of Women, Violence and Its Effects on Women's Health, Non-Violent Communication, Combating Violence, and Psychological Health, thus contributing to the reduction of women's attitudes towards violence and their gaining a conscious attitude towards violence. The project's training program
- Conditions
- Violence Against Women (VAW), Laughter Yoga, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Coping Skills, Resilience
- Being tested
- Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga
- Keywords
- Woman, Married Persons, Laughter Yoga, Intimate partner violence, Stress,Coping Skills, Elasticity, Psychological, Resilience
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter YogaOther
The training program consists of 8 modules, each module consists of two sessions. A session will last 45 minutes. The program includes the following topics: Self-Awareness and Importance of Communication (Module 1), Stress and Coping Techniques (Module 2), Gender (Module 3), Women's Empowerment (Module 4), Violence and Its Effects on Women's Health (Module 5), Non-Violent Communication (Module 6), Combating Violence (Module 7), Psychological Health (Module 8). In addition, a laughter yoga session will be held in the second session of each module.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| The group where the Laughter Yoga-Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program will be implemented | Experimental | Within the scope of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program, it is planned to provide 8 weeks of training to the participants in the intervention group. Receives: Other: Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga |
| Control Group | No intervention | Not described |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale The "Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale-GGF"was adapted into Turkish by Toplu-Demirtaş et al. (2017). There are 17 items on the five-point Likert-type scale. As a result of the validity analyses, it was determined that the scale has three sub-dimensions as "abuse-8 items, Control-5 items and violence-4 items". In the instructions used, the participants were asked to rate how compatible each item was for them between 1 (Strongly Disagree) and 5 (Strongly Agree). Items 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 17 of the scale are reverse scored. Higher scores obtained from the scale reflect more accepting attitudes towards psychological and physical violence.
Measured: Within 3 months after the project starts
The Psychological Flexibility Scale
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Psychological Flexibility Scale. This measurement tool focuses on five different subcategories: Values and behavior in line with values (10 questions), being in the moment (7 questions), acceptance (5 questions), contextual self (3 questions), and separation (3 questions). Each question is subject to a scoring system between 1 and 7. This measurement tool was translated into Turkish by Karakuş and Akbay (2020). The 28 questions of the Psychological Flexibility Scale focus on five subcategories: Values and behavior in line with values, beingin the moment, acceptance,, contextual self and dissociation. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are reverse scored. High scores obtained from each subcategory indicate high psychological flexibility.
Measured: Within 3 months after the project starts
The Ways of Coping with Stress Scale
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Ways of Coping with Stress Scale
Measured: Within 3 months after the project starts
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Feb 2025
- Study start20 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion20 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion20 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Violence Against Women (VAW)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Ankara UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the study will consist of 7988 women registered to 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated to Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the study. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, a total of 86, with 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The women included in the study will be assigned to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups by randomization. It is aimed to apply the Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program Supported by Laughter Yoga to the participants in the intervention group face-to-face for an 8-week period. The 47 participants in the intervention group wil
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Fatma Ozlem Ozturk, Ankara University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06838052
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AnkaraUnivesirtyNF
- Acronym
- Laughter Yoga
- Status last verified
- Feb 2025
- First submitted
- 13 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 20 Feb 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Feb 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Laughter Yoga-Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program on Attitudes Towards Violence, Styles of Coping with Stress and Psychological Flexibility
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06838052
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Laughter Yoga / AnkaraUnivesirtyNF
- Conditions
- Violence Against Women (VAW), Laughter Yoga, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Coping Skills, Resilience
- Keywords
- Woman, Married Persons, Laughter Yoga, Intimate partner violence, Stress,Coping Skills, Elasticity, Psychological, Resilience
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 20 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 20 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 20 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 20 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program applied to women on attitudes towards violence, stress coping styles and psychological flexibility.
The problem of violence against women is a public health problem that affects and concerns not only women at the individual level, but also children, all family members and therefore society. According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in our country, 38% of women have been subjected to spousal or partner violence at some point in their lives. Violence or the threat of violence that causes fear, pain and anxiety in women from an individual perspective; constitutes an obstacle to women's more active and productive participation in economic and social life, especially in the private sphere. From a social perspective, the economic cost of violence against women is extremely high in terms of loss of working hours and wages, social services, legal and medical expenses.
Our country has a culturally patriarchal social structure. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards the acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. When the reasons for submissive behaviors towards violence are examined, it is stated that factors such as having children, low self-esteem, religious beliefs, social pressure, emotional attachment to a long-term relationship, running away from home, arranged marriage, being economically dependent on the spouse and low level of education are effective. Accepting violence encourages aggression and causes violent people to legitimize their actions. It is stated that submissive and accepting attitudes towards violence can be changed. Interventions aimed at empowering women play an important role in reducing attitudes accepting violence. It is anticipated that this project will create an opportunity for women to raise awareness about violence and change their accepting attitudes towards violence.
The proposed project consists of THREE stages. The first stage, PREPARATION stage; includes preparation of data collection tools, determination and informing of scholarship recipients, development of training content and tools, preliminary application and determination of the working group. The second stage is the IMPLEMENTATION stage, which includes collecting pre-test data, loading public transportation fees onto participants' cards for transportation, providing training to the intervention group, and collecting post-test data. The third stage is the MONITORING-EVALUATION stage, which is the stage of collecting follow-up test data and conducting analyses.
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the research will consist of 7988 women registered in 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated with Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the research. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, totaling 86, at 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering the 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The assignment of the women included in the research to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups will be done by randomization method. The aim is to implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program face-to-face for an 8-week period for the participants in the intervention group. The 47 participants in the intervention group will be divided into 3 separate groups (16 participants, 16 participants and 15 participants) to increase interaction and experience sharing. The project team will implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program consisting of 8 modules to 3 separate groups. The intervention group will be given a pre-test before the training, a post-test after the training and a follow-up test 1 month after the training is completed. It is planned to collect data by conducting a pre-test, post-test and follow-up test simultaneously with the experimental group without any intervention for the control group. Data will be collected using the Attitude Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale, the Psychological Flexibility Scale and the Styles of Coping with Stress Scale. Institutional permission will be obtained from the Ankara University Ethics Committee and the Altındağ Municipality.
In this project, with the "Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga", women will be provided with training on the Importance of Self-Knowledge and Communication, Stress and Coping Techniques, Gender, Empowerment
Detailed description
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program applied to women on attitudes towards violence, stress coping styles and psychological flexibility.
The problem of violence against women is a public health problem that affects and concerns not only women at the individual level, but also children, all family members and therefore society. According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in our country, 38% of women have been subjected to spousal or partner violence at some point in their lives. Violence or the threat of violence that causes fear, pain and anxiety in women from an individual perspective; constitutes an obstacle to women's more active and productive participation in economic and social life, especially in the private sphere. From a social perspective, the economic cost of violence against women is extremely high in terms of loss of working hours and wages, social services, legal and medical expenses.
Our country has a culturally patriarchal social structure. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards the acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. Living in a patriarchal order affects beliefs and attitudes towards acceptance of violence, making women more vulnerable to violence. When the reasons for submissive behaviors towards violence are examined, it is stated that factors such as having children, low self-esteem, religious beliefs, social pressure, emotional attachment to a long-term relationship, running away from home, arranged marriage, being economically dependent on the spouse and low level of education are effective. Accepting violence encourages aggression and causes violent people to legitimize their actions. It is stated that submissive and accepting attitudes towards violence can be changed. Interventions aimed at empowering women play an important role in reducing attitudes accepting violence. It is anticipated that this project will create an opportunity for women to raise awareness about violence and change their accepting attitudes towards violence.
The proposed project consists of THREE stages. The first stage, PREPARATION stage; includes preparation of data collection tools, determination and informing of scholarship recipients, development of training content and tools, preliminary application and determination of the working group. The second stage is the IMPLEMENTATION stage, which includes collecting pre-test data, loading public transportation fees onto participants' cards for transportation, providing training to the intervention group, and collecting post-test data. The third stage is the MONITORING-EVALUATION stage, which is the stage of collecting follow-up test data and conducting analyses.
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the research will consist of 7988 women registered in 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated with Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the research. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, totaling 86, at 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering the 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The assignment of the women included in the research to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups will be done by randomization method. The aim is to implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program face-to-face for an 8-week period for the participants in the intervention group. The 47 participants in the intervention group will be divided into 3 separate groups (16 participants, 16 participants and 15 participants) to increase interaction and experience sharing. The project team will implement the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program consisting of 8 modules to 3 separate groups. The intervention group will be given a pre-test before the training, a post-test after the training and a follow-up test 1 month after the training is completed. It is planned to collect data by conducting a pre-test, post-test and follow-up test simultaneously with the experimental group without any intervention for the control group. Data will be collected using the Attitude Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale, the Psychological Flexibility Scale and the Styles of Coping with Stress Scale. Institutional permission will be obtained from the Ankara University Ethics Committee and the Altındağ Municipality.
In this project, with the "Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga", women will be provided with training on the Importance of Self-Knowledge and Communication, Stress and Coping Techniques, Gender, Empowerment of Women, Violence and Its Effects on Women's Health, Non-Violent Communication, Combating Violence, and Psychological Health, thus contributing to the reduction of women's attitudes towards violence and their gaining a conscious attitude towards violence. The project's training program
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled parallel group intervention study. The universe of the study will consist of 7988 women registered to 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers (KEKM) affiliated to Altındağ Municipality. 1 center will be randomly selected from 24 Women's Education and Culture Centers for the sample of the study. In this study, the smallest sample size was determined as 43 for each group, a total of 86, with 80% statistical power and α=.05 significance level. Considering 10% data loss in the determined sample size, it was planned to include a total of 94 participants, 47 for each group. The women included in the study will be assigned to the intervention (47 participants) and control (47 participants) groups by randomization. It is aimed to apply the Strong Woman, Safe Life Education Program Supported by Laughter Yoga to the participants in the intervention group face-to-face for an 8-week period. The 47 participants in the intervention group wil
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| The group where the Laughter Yoga-Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program will be implemented | Experimental | Other: Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter YogaWithin the scope of the Laughter Yoga Supported Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program, it is planned to provide 8 weeks of training to the participants in the intervention group. |
| Control Group | No intervention | – |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter YogaThe training program consists of 8 modules, each module consists of two sessions. A session will last 45 minutes. The program includes the following topics: Self-Awareness and Importance of Communication (Module 1), Stress and Coping Techniques (Module 2), Gender (Module 3), Women's Empowerment (Module 4), Violence and Its Effects on Women's Health (Module 5), Non-Violent Communication (Module 6), Combating Violence (Module 7), Psychological Health (Module 8). In addition, a laughter yoga session will be held in the second session of each module. | Other | The group where the Laughter Yoga-Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program will be implemented |
Primary outcome
Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale
Time frame: Within 3 months after the project starts
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale The "Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale-GGF"was adapted into Turkish by Toplu-Demirtaş et al. (2017). There are 17 items on the five-point Likert-type scale. As a result of the validity analyses, it was determined that the scale has three sub-dimensions as "abuse-8 items, Control-5 items and violence-4 items". In the instructions used, the participants were asked to rate how compatible each item was for them between 1 (Strongly Disagree) and 5 (Strongly Agree). Items 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 17 of the scale are reverse scored. Higher scores obtained from the scale reflect more accepting attitudes towards psychological and physical violence.
The Psychological Flexibility Scale
Time frame: Within 3 months after the project starts
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Psychological Flexibility Scale. This measurement tool focuses on five different subcategories: Values and behavior in line with values (10 questions), being in the moment (7 questions), acceptance (5 questions), contextual self (3 questions), and separation (3 questions). Each question is subject to a scoring system between 1 and 7. This measurement tool was translated into Turkish by Karakuş and Akbay (2020). The 28 questions of the Psychological Flexibility Scale focus on five subcategories: Values and behavior in line with values, beingin the moment, acceptance,, contextual self and dissociation. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are reverse scored. High scores obtained from each subcategory indicate high psychological flexibility.
The Ways of Coping with Stress Scale
Time frame: Within 3 months after the project starts
It was planned to collect pre-test and post-test data from the intervention and control groups in a face-to-face environment using the Ways of Coping with Stress Scale
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Feb 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Strong Woman, Safe Life Training Program Supported by Laughter Yoga in people with Violence Against Women (VAW) and Laughter Yoga, run by Ankara University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Fatma Ozlem Ozturk, Assoc. Prof. Dr. (+905056274363, fozlemozturk@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Attitudes Towards Violence in Close Relationships Scale (time frame: Within 3 months after the project starts). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Feb 2025.