In today's world where digital technologies are integrated into every aspect of life, adolescents' unhealthy and uncontrolled use of digital media causes important psychosocial problems such as digital addiction and cyberbullying. This research aims to examine the effects of an art-based nursing intervention program in order to help adolescents born into the digital world gain healthy digital habits. The art-based nursing intervention program that helps gain healthy digital habits aims to increase adolescents' expressive expression skills, develop their skills in coping with challenging situations in the digital environment and strengthen their self-efficacy levels through creative art activities. The research is a randomized controlled trial designed as an experimental type, pre-test-post-test design. The research will be carried out in Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Secondary School in Karatay district of Konya province. The sample group was determined as a total of 64 adolescents, 32 intervention and 32 control. Adolescents will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The pre-test data of the intervention and control groups were collected before the program started; The post-test data will be collected face-to-face by the researcher after the program is completed using the Personal Information Form, Digital Addiction Scale for Children, Revised Cyberbullying Scale (YSZE-II) and Self-Efficacy Scale for Children. It is expected that the digital addiction and cyberbullying levels of adolescents who are applied the art-based nursing intervention program that helps them gain healthy digital habits will be lower than the control group, and their self-efficacy levels will be higher than the control group. It is anticipated that the findings to be obtained as a result of the research will enable the development of creative and holistic intervention approaches that will increase the functionality of school health nurses against the risks posed by the digital age on young people. It is also thought that it can provide an evidence-based basis for the usability of art-based interdisciplinary practices in the field.
Being a 6th-grade middle school student,
The student and their parent must provide written consent to participate in the study,
Understanding and speaking Turkish at a level sufficient to complete the data forms and participate in the sessions.
Having participated in a similar program within the last 6 months,
Having a serious psychiatric diagnosis or physical disability that prevents participation in art activities.
Not attending any two sessions,
Requesting to leave the sessions,
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An Arts-Based Nursing Intervention Program to Help Develop Healthy Digital Habits
BehavioralSession Time: Arts-Based Nursing Intervention Program Sessions to Help Develop Healthy Digital Habits Week 1, Session 1 - Introductions and Group Agreement Formation (60 minutes) Week 2, Session 2 - Where Am I in the Digital World? (60 minutes) Week 3, Session 3 - Digital Addiction: Are You Connected or Addicted? (90 minutes) Week 4, Session 4 - Digital Addiction and Its Effects (90 minutes) Week 5, Session 5 - Digital Danger: Cyberbullying (90 minutes) Week 6, Session 6 - Discovering Strengths: The Relationship Between Digital Addiction and Self-Efficacy (90 minutes) Week 7, Session 7 - Digital Detox and Alternatives (90 minutes) Week 8, Session 8 - Evaluation and Closing (90 minutes)
Digital Addiction Level
Digital addiction will be measured using the 25-item self-report Digital Addiction Scale for Children, adapted into Turkish. It evaluates interpersonal relationships and internalized factors using a 5-point Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 25 to 125. Higher scores indicate a higher risk of digital addiction.
Cyberbullying and Victimization Levels
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization will be assessed using the Revised Cyberbullying Inventory-II (RCBI-II). The tool consists of 20 items across two parallel forms (perpetrator and victim), using a 4-point Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 1 to 80. Higher scores indicate higher levels of cyberbullying behaviors or victimization.
Self-Efficacy Level
Self-efficacy will be measured using the 21-item Self-Efficacy Scale for Children. It consists of three subscales: academic, social, and emotional self-efficacy, with total scores ranging from 21 to 105. Higher scores indicate higher levels of self-efficacy.
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