The effectiveness of psychological self-care training on resilience, anger control, and mental health in students

Determining the effectiveness of psychological self-care training on resilience, anger control, and mental health in students

This study is a quasi-experimental, two-parallel, double-blind study conducted on 30 students of Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). The sample allocation is done by simple random method using the RAND function in Excel software; first, each participant is assigned a unique identification code and then a random number is generated for each individual using the RAND function. The participants are sorted based on the generated random numbers and finally the first 15 are placed in the experimental group and the next 15 are placed in the control group.

This research will use a field experimental research method and an extensive pre-test and post-test design. The research will be conducted at Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch. All participants and intervention implementers (psychological self-care training) and evaluators who interpret the data and all information will be confidential and participants will be given an abbreviation.

Inclusion Criteria: Be at least 19 and no more than 45 years old Be a student at Azad University, Izeh Branch Be willing to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria: Have a physical illness that interferes with the treatment process Be taking psychiatric medications

Intervention group: Psychological self-care training intervention based on the protocol of Orang et al. (1403) is implemented in a group setting in 10 60-minute sessions, one session per week. Control group: Do not receive any intervention.

Resilience; Anger Control; Mental Health.

In this study, simple randomization method is used to assign participants to two experimental and control groups. The randomization unit in this study is the students of Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch, who are eligible to enter the study. First, a complete list of volunteers who have been selected based on the study entry criteria is prepared. Then, each participant is assigned a unique numerical identification code. These codes are entered into the Random Number Generator software and a random number is generated for each individual. After generating these numbers, the participants are sorted in ascending order based on the value of the random number. Then, the individuals are assigned to two groups; sequentially, the first 15 people on the list are assigned to the experimental group and the next 15 people to the control group. With this method, the order of entry into the study and the researcher's knowledge of the participants will not play any role in determining the group. To ensure allocation concealment, the person responsible for entering data and performing the randomization process in the software will be independent of the intervention (self-care training) providers and research evaluators and will not have access to information about the session implementation process or changes in the allocation of individuals. Also, the participant identification codes will be kept confidential and separate from their other personal information. Therefore, it will not be possible to predict the assigned group for each participant before the randomization process.

In order to control bias and improve the internal validity of the study, this study was designed with a double-blind protocol; in this way, the intervention implementers (psychological self-care training), the outcome assessor, and the data analyst will be kept unaware of the allocation of students to the experimental and control groups. In this process, the outcome assessor will collect data at all stages of the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, without knowing the assigned group of the participants, in order to prevent bias in the measurement; also, all raw data will be provided to the statistical analyst with anonymous codes (such as groups 1 and 2), and the true nature of the groups will not be revealed until the end of the data analysis process. All allocation steps will be performed by an independent person from the research team, and the decoding of the allocation codes will be done only after the final completion of the statistical analyses.

Participant data is completely confidential and I do not intend to publish it.