Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention in Young Women
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention Program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Trauma, Young Adult Females, Awareness, Emotional Regulation. Basic parameters: 18 years — 25 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Psychological Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Interoceptive Awareness in Young Adult Women
Overview
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a trauma-informed yoga intervention on psychological trauma symptoms, difficulties in emotion regulation, and interoceptive awareness in young adult women.
Detailed description
This study will be conducted with young adult women aged 18-25 residing in a selected province. Based on a G\*Power analysis, the minimum required sample size was determined to be 46 participants (intervention: n = 23; control: n = 23). Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups using a computer-generated simple randomization method (https://www.random.org/integers/
) to ensure unbiased allocation. The intervention group will be implemented in three separate groups, each consisting of 8-10 participants, and will receive the "Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention Program," which includes eight sessions. Each session will last approximately 45 minutes, and two sessions will be conducted per week for each group. The program will consist of group-based yoga sessions structured in accordance with trauma-informed principles. Pretest and posttest measurements will be used to assess psychological trauma symptoms, difficulties in emotion regulation, and levels of interoceptive awareness among young women.
Interventions
- Behavioral Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention Program
Intervention program was applied to the intervention group in eight sessions online. Each session will last an average of 45 minutes. There will be two sessions for one group per week. The intervention comprised eight sessions, including establishing a sense of safety and body awareness, listening to the body, integrating emotions and movement, safely engaging with past memories, fostering forgiveness and letting go, strengthening boundaries and personal empowerment, cultivating self-compassion
Primary outcome measures
- Transmitted Psychological Trauma Scale [Time frame: Baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 1 month post-intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form (DERS-16) [Time frame: Baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 1 month post-intervention]
- Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness - Version 2 [Time frame: Baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 1 month post-intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Being a woman aged 18-25 years
- Providing voluntary written informed consent after being informed about the study
- Scoring within the highest 25th percentile on the Transmitted Psychological Trauma Scale based on the pre-screening assessment, indicating high levels of trauma-related symptoms
- Having no physical limitations that would prevent participation in weekly sessions and being medically eligible to engage in yoga practices
- Agreeing to comply with the study protocol, including attendance at intervention sessions and completion of all assessments
Exclusion criteria
- Inability to provide reliable responses due to the presence of active psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or severe cognitive impairment
- Being in an acute psychological crisis
- Initiation of intensive psychotherapy targeting trauma symptoms (e.g., trauma-focused therapy) within the past 3 months or participation in a similar structured psychosocial intervention during the study period
- Presence of serious musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or neurological conditions or injuries that would prevent participation in yoga, or medical restriction of physical activity by a physician
- Having an established regular practice of yoga or meditation
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Bartın University — Bartın
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07589777 · BARU-SBF-DO-3