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.