Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Bauer, Gordon
Area of Concentration
Biopsychology
Abstract
Prolonged and unwarranted levels of stress can lead to several psychological and health issues including the possibility of a severe anxiety disorder. The symptoms of stress disorders are often times treated with medication whose efficacy has been brought into question. Myriad stress therapies have been proposed as alternatives to typical treatment and amongst them meditation has shown the most promise. The current experiment attempts to further elaborate on stress research by comparing an eclectic meditation group with a control and exercise group on several stress measures over a three week period. Measures included everyday burnout scores (Maslach Burnout Inventory), inventory of stressful events (Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale), and cardiovascular response (blood pressure and heart rate reactivity). Although the results did not support the use of meditation as an alternative therapy, they have important implications for future research which are elaborated and discussed.
Recommended Citation
Arias, Carlos, "Just Breathe and Relax Alternative Therapies for Symptoms of Stress Disorders" (2013). Theses & ETDs. 4715.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4715
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