Horticultural Practices for Children

Gazi University60 enrolled

Overview

The study was conducted with a parallel group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of horticultural practices on internet addiction, social skills and stress levels in children. The children underwent horticultural practices for 6 weeks. Children were given a post-test at the end of the intervention program (week 6), a first follow-up three months after the intervention and a second follow-up six months later.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Internet Addiction Level Perceived Stres Level Social Skill Level

Interventions

Horticultural practicesOTHER

The first week of the program was 'Getting to know horticultural practices', the second week was 'Painting pots', the third week was 'Planting vegetable seedlings', the fourth week was 'Preparing compost', the fifth week was 'Making pressed flowers' and the sixth week was 'Harvesting vegetables'.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 11 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * studying in the 6th and 7th grade of secondary school * volunteering to participate in the research * consent by the family for participation in the study Exclusion Criteria: \- the presence of a disease against the materials to be used in horticultural practices (pollen, plant, seed and fertilizer allergy, etc.)

Locations (1)

Gazi University

Ankara, Emek/Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Internet Addiction Scale (Internet Addiction Scale for Adolescents)

The scale consists of nine items. The unidimensional scale has a 5-point Likert-type rating. The responses to the items are graded as 'never', 'rarely', 'sometimes', 'often' and 'always'. The lowest score is 9 points and the highest score is 45 points. The higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the level of internet addiction.

Time frame: Baseline (before the intervention)

Social skills scale

The Social Skills Scale consists of 20 items. The scale evaluates whether primary and secondary school students display social skill behavior. The response format is a four-point Likert type and consists of the options 1= never, 2= sometimes, 3= usually and 4= completely. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 20, the highest score is 80. A low score from the scale indicates inadequacy in displaying this behavior in terms of social skills, while a high score indicates adequacy in displaying social skill behavior.

Time frame: 6th week after the intervention

Social skills assessment scale

The Social Skills Assessment Scale was developed to measure skills that are important in helping communication deficiencies to increase interaction. The scale is a five-point Likert-type scale and social skills are assessed by families. The skills that children should have in the scale consist of twelve subcategories. The social skills assessment scale is completed by families.

Time frame: three months after completion of the intervention

Perceived stress scale in children

The Scale of Perceived Stress in Children was developed by Snoeren-Hoefnagels (2014). The child is asked to answer how appropriate each item is for him/her. The scale consists of 9 items. The one-dimensional scale has a four-point Likert-type rating. High scores from the scale questions mean that the individual's stress level is high.

Time frame: six months after completion of the intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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