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The Evaluation of a Mind/Body Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress and Perceived Stress in College Students
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The authors examined the effect of a 6-week mind/body intervention on college students' psychological distress, anxiety, and perception of stress. One hundred twenty-eight students were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 63) or a waitlist control group (n = 65). The experimental group received 6 90-minute group-training sessions in the relaxation response and cognitive behavioral skills. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Perceived Stress Scale were used to assess the students' psychological state before and after the intervention. Ninety students (70% of the initial sample) completed the postassessment measure. Significantly greater reductions in psychological distress, state anxiety, and perceived stress were found in the experimental group. This brief mind/body training may be useful as a preventive intervention for college students, according to the authors, who called for further research to determine whether the observed treatment effect can be sustained over a longer period of time.
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- Authors
- Deckro, G. R., Ballinger, K. M., Hoyt, M., Wilcher, M., Dusek, J., Myers, P., Greenberg, B., Rosenthal, D. S., & Benson, H.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 281-287
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
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- W2081530509
- Cited by
- 353
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 9.28
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- mind-body interventions, psychological distress, perceived stress, state anxiety, university students, relaxation response, cognitive-behavioral techniques, group training, preventive interventions, stress reduction
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Stress, Psychological, Students, United States, Universities, Treatment Outcome, Mind-Body Therapies
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