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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 ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002May
in Journal: J Am Coll Health
(Language : eng)
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2002 May;50(6):281-7
The evaluation of a mind/body intervention to reduce psychological distress and perceived stress in college students.
Deckro GR, Ballinger KM, Hoyt M, Wilcher M, Dusek J, Myers P, Greenberg B, Rosenthal DS, Benson H
Mind/Body Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. gdeckro@caregroup.harvard.edu
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.
PMID : 12701653 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Gloria R | Deckro | GR |
| Keli M | Ballinger | KM |
| Michael | Hoyt | M |
| Marilyn | Wilcher | M |
| Jeffery | Dusek | J |
| Patricia | Myers | P |
| Beth | Greenberg | B |
| David S | Rosenthal | DS |
| Herbert | Benson | H |
Affiliation: Mind/Body Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. gdeckro@caregroup.harvard.edu
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Category links from this article:- Adolescent
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mind-Body and Relaxation Techniques
- Prospective Studies
- Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
- Students - psychology
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
- Universities
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