Gaming Experience and Learning Motivation of Students in Psychiatric Nursing Courses

This research is carried out by Dr Tuba Çömez İkican, Dr. Olga İncesu, Dr. Gizem Şahin Bayındır. In this research aimed to determine the effect of game-based applications in nursing education on students' game experience and learning motivation. H1: 'Game-based practices significantly increase the game experiences of students taking psychiatric nursing course.' H2: 'Game-based practices significantly increase the learning motivation of students taking psychiatric nursing course.' The population of the study consisted of all 3rd year students (N=69) studying in a nursing faculty in Istanbul in the 2024-2025 academic year and taking the Mental Health and Diseases Nursing course. After the purpose of the study was explained, 68 students who gave written and verbal consent to participate in the study were included in the sample. The research is a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test / post-test control. Inclusion Criteria * To be enrolled in Mental Health and Diseases Nursing course * Not working as a part/full-time nurse * To be 18 years of age or older, * To agree to participate in the research, * Continuing to attend lectures and laboratory applications Data will be collected through the Personel Information Form, Gameful Experience Scale, Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. The personel information form was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. Permission was obtained from the scale owners for the scales to be used in the study. Institutional permission from Istanbul University School of Nusing and ethics committee approval (Number: 14.11.2024-1142952) from Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa Social and Human Sciences Research Ethics Committee obtained in order to conduct the study. Statistical analysis of research data will be done using a package program called SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics 29). The expenses of the research will be covered by the researcher.