Can a few conversations ease Students' fear of the future?
NCT ID NCT07782463
First seen Aug 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial explores whether a solution-focused intervention—a series of six one-hour sessions that help people identify their strengths, set goals, and build a positive outlook—can lower future anxiety and increase life satisfaction in first-year nursing students. It includes 36 students with the highest anxiety scores, who are randomly assigned to the solution-focused program, a shorter psychoeducation session, or no intervention. Researchers will measure anxiety and life satisfaction at several points over three months to see if the approach makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Solution-Focused Intervention (behavioral therapy sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a simple, non-drug way to help students manage anxiety about the future and feel more satisfied with life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 36 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention's benefits, if any, might not last beyond the follow-up period.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Having no visual, hearing, or comprehension problems. * Being an active first-year nursing student at Yalova University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing. * Not being an international student. * Being among the 36 students with the highest scores on the Future Anxiety Scale for University Students. * Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study and providing informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: • None specified beyond the inclusion criteria.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yalova University, Termal Vocational School of Health Services
Yalova, Yalova, 77200, Turkey (Türkiye)
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