Effect of Distress Tolerance Training on Problematic Internet Use and Psychological Wellbeing Among Faculty Nursing Students

• Distress tolerance training (Behavioral), also known as dialectical behavioral therapy: It consisted of seven sessions. A 90-minute session will be conducted twice a week for four weeks. The first introductory session will be concerned with helping the student learn how to engage in distress tolerance training and define goals of distress tolerance. At the end of the 1st session, a written plan for every session (time, duration and setting) will be scheduled individually with each student.The next six training sessions will cover three core skills which comprised three sets: Crisis Survival Skills, the skills of Reality Acceptance; and the Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction. The distress tolerance training methods will include individualized interactions, demonstration, and rehearsal, psychoeducation, practice exercises and homework assignments. Follow up between sessions will done using telephone calling and messaging in order to encourage performance homework assignments, and provide help and support when needed particularly at the time of stress. .

Primary outcomes

• The Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIU) [up to 16 weeks]: The Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire was developed by and it is an 18-item self- report scale that measures the extent of how risky internet usage can be. Items are scored from 1 = never to 5 = always. This test has three factors, i.e., Obsession, Neglect, and Control disorder. Earlier studies showed that PIU subscales have good psychometric properties, with high reliability (αs of .74-.87), high 3-week stability (rs from .76 to .90), and acceptable discriminant validity (e.g., confirmed by negligible associations with alcohol or illicit drug use and significant but weak associations with the use of gaming machines).
• Ryff psychological well being scale (PWBS) [up to 16 weeks]: The Ryff psychological well being scale was originally consisted of six 7-item subscales for the assessment of six factors: (1) autonomy; (2) environmental mastery; (3) personal growth; (4) positive relations with others; (5) purpose in life and (6) self-acceptance. Response categories for these items are scored along a seven-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7). The scores of some items will be reversed as recommended in Ryff's original PWBS. The scores for six subscales were calculated as averages; higher mean scores indicate greater psychological wellbeing. Internal consistency (alpha coefficients) was estimated from a sample of older and middle-aged groups , average alphas were .78, and .77, respectively, for the two groups.

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* Students that are not participating in any other type of psychotherapy.
* Students who scored high on Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIU).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who have a history of mental illness.
* students who are more than 30 years old.

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