Data analysis
IBM SPSS Statistics 22 programme was used for the analysis of the
research data. Percentage and mean were used to examine the distribution
of sociodemographic characteristics and chi-square test was used to
examine difference between the groups. The normality of the parameters
in the study data was checked with the Shapiro-Wilk test. Since the data
provided parametric assumptions, Paired t test was used to compare the
means of scales between the intervention and control groups. To
determine the effect of SFBT on state and trait anxiety levels
the“Structural equation model” was used in Analysis of Moment
Structures (AMOS) 23 application. An alpha level of .05 was used for all
statistical tests. Cronbach alpha was used to evaluate the internal
consistency of the scales.