Yoga and Cognitive-behavioral Interventions to Reduce Stress in Incoming College Students: A Pilot Study
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We examined the feasibility and differential efficacy of cognitive‐behavioral stress management (CBSM) and yoga for first‐year college students to reduce stress and improve mental and physical health. Thirty‐four incoming first‐year female students were assigned to 8 weeks of yoga, CBSM, or a wait‐list control. Assessments were made at baseline, end of intervention, and 4 months after intervention end. Both CBSM and yoga produced salutary changes in psychosocial and behavioral health as well as health‐related measures of physical function and activity relative to the control group. Stress‐management interventions are feasible and highly regarded by first‐year women and demonstrate promising effects.
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This corresponds to the finding that an (embodied) yoga intervention was more effective than a (non-embodied) cognitive-behavioral stress-management course in enhancing interoceptive awareness and emotion regulation.
“This corresponds to the finding that an (embodied) yoga intervention was more effective than a (non-embodied) cognitive-behavioral stress-management course in enhancing interoceptive awareness and emotion regulation [35].”
From Embodied Cognition in Meditation, Yoga, and Ethics—An Experimental Single-Case Study on the Differential Effects of Four Mind–Body Treatments (2022) · cites this paper as [35]
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“[35] contrasted a complex yoga intervention to a cognitive-behavioral stress-management course and found that only yoga improved interoceptive awareness and emotion regulation.”
Background
- Authors
- Park, C. L., Riley, K. E., Braun, T. D., Jung, J. Y., Suh, H. G., Pescatello, L. S., & Antoni, M. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Corresponding author
- Park, Crystal L.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-04-18
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1071-2089 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-9861
- OpenAlex
- W2605427337
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2025: 7 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research (publishedVersion)
- 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
- yoga, cognitive-behavioral stress management, stress reduction, first-year college students, female students, feasibility, mental health, physical health, physical activity, psychosocial health
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