NCT05646329

The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Problematic Internet Use and Loneliness

The Effect Of Online Individual Motivational Interviewing Applied To Nursing Students On Problematic Internet Use And Loneliness Level

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research will examine the effect of online individual motivational interviewing applied to nursing students on problematic internet use and loneliness. Mixed method will be used in the research.

Detailed description

Problematic internet use is seen as a multidimensional syndrome consisting of cognitive and behavioral symptoms that cause negative social, academic and professional consequences. Problematic internet use to the individual; psychological effects such as eating disorder, depression, sleep disorder, addiction, anxiety, physical effects such as injury, posture disorders, social effects such as lack of social relations and loneliness. Many issues related to problematic internet use are mentioned. However, psychosocial intervention studies to help problematic internet use remain a subject of little research.

Conditions

• Problematic Internet Use
• Loneliness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interview	The motivational interview to be held with the experimental group was planned as 4 sessions together with the follow-up session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-06-15
• Completion: 2023-06-15
• First posted: 2022-12-12
• Last updated: 2022-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)