Effects of Motivational Interviewing Training on Nursing Students' Counselling Skills, Self-Efficacy, and Reluctance

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Conditions studied: Professional Competence, Health Communication

In brief

This research is designed to determine the effect of motivational interview-based communication training on nursing students' counselling skills, communication self-efficacy, and communication reluctance levels. The project will be conducted using a randomised controlled experimental design. The sample will consist of 72 second-year nursing students studying at the Department of Nursing, Ankara University Faculty of Nursing. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental (n=36) and control (n=36) groups. The experimental group will receive motivational interview-based communication training, while the control group will receive training on basic communication and interpersonal interaction skills in nursing. The training will consist of five sessions; theoretical sessions will be 60 minutes each, and the standard patient interview practice to be applied to the experimental group will last three days. The standard patient interview practices will be conducted in the Communication Skills Laboratory of Ankara University Faculty of Nursing. The research data will be collected using a Demographic Information Form, the Counselling Skills Scale for Nurses, the Effective Communication Self-Efficacy Inventory, and the Communication Reluctance Scale, through pre-test, post-test, and follow-up measurements. Additionally, the project plans to train individuals to assume the role of a standard patient in the communication skills laboratory, creating a standard patient pool that can be used in future training and research. The project expects that motivational interview-based communication training will strengthen nursing students' counselling skills and communication self-efficacy, and reduce communication reluctance. The results are intended to provide a scientific contribution to the planning and development of communication training in nursing education programs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07492459

Run by

Ankara University

People needed

72

Starts

2026-05-01

Expected to finish

2026-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being a second-year nursing student
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Not having communication problems that would prevent answering data collection forms

You may not qualify if…

• Having communication problems that would prevent answering data collection forms
• Being a 1st, 3rd or 4th year nursing student

Where it is running

• Ankara University — Ankara, Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

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