2.1 Participants
This quantitative, cross-sectional study employed the survey model.
While calculating the sample size,
t2*s2 / d2 formula
was used in accordance with the principle of “the dependent variable is
quantitative in groups where the population is not
known.”.20 For this research, Karataş’s
work21 was taken as a reference study. In Karataş’s
research, the standard deviation value of the Post-traumatic Growth
Inventory (PTGI) is given as 1.10. Since the difference between
dependent variables and independent variables was to be investigated,
Cohen’s effect size was taken as 0.2 in this formula. Accordingly, when
the values were placed in the formula (t = 1.96, s = 1.10, d = 0.2), the
minimum sample size (n) was calculated as 106 people.
For sampling, the simple random sampling method was used. Since the
government of the Republic of Turkey advised the public to minimize
face-to-face interaction and isolate themselves at home, the
participants were invited to the study electronically. Participants
filled out the questionnaires through the online survey platform.
2.2 Ethics
The participants were informed about the study in writing. Partaking was
voluntary, and confidentiality was guaranteed. The data used during the
secondary supplementary analysis did not contain any identifying details
about the participants. All participants were provided with the first
author’s and supervisors’ contact information. Written permission was
obtained from the Scientific Research Platform of the Ministry of Health
prior to the study (2020-06-27T20_36_13). Ethical approval was granted
by the regional ethical review board (no.
28.09.2020/95674917-108.99-E.33264). In accordance with the Helsinki
Declaration criteria, the participants were informed with an informative
text included on the data collection form, and the data were collected
from “volunteering participants who reported that they did not have any
psychiatric disease diagnosed by the physician.”