TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvements in well-being and cardiac metrics of stress following a yogic breathing workshop
T2 - Randomized controlled trial with active comparison
AU - Goldstein, Michael R.
AU - Lewin, Rivian K.
AU - Allen, John J.B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Objective Compare two distinct psychosocial stress-management workshops. Participants Undergraduate and graduate students (n = 69 for analysis, completed April 2017). Methods Participants were randomized to one of two workshops (Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, SKY; Wisdom On Wellness, WOW), matched in terms of duration, group size, etc. Outcomes were questionnaires and psychophysiological response to laboratory stress induction at pre, post, and 3-month follow-up. Results SKY and WOW participants demonstrated similar workshop ratings and retention rates. SKY demonstrated greater improvements on a number of self-report measures relative to WOW, including perceived stress, sleep, social connectedness, distress, anxiety, depression, conscientiousness, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Both groups improved in terms of heart rate measures of stress reactivity, however, these outcomes were partially related to changes in resting values at post-workshop and follow-up. Conclusions These findings offer insight into unique patterns of change between yogic breathing, acceptance-based approaches to stress management versus cognitively based approaches.
AB - Objective Compare two distinct psychosocial stress-management workshops. Participants Undergraduate and graduate students (n = 69 for analysis, completed April 2017). Methods Participants were randomized to one of two workshops (Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, SKY; Wisdom On Wellness, WOW), matched in terms of duration, group size, etc. Outcomes were questionnaires and psychophysiological response to laboratory stress induction at pre, post, and 3-month follow-up. Results SKY and WOW participants demonstrated similar workshop ratings and retention rates. SKY demonstrated greater improvements on a number of self-report measures relative to WOW, including perceived stress, sleep, social connectedness, distress, anxiety, depression, conscientiousness, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Both groups improved in terms of heart rate measures of stress reactivity, however, these outcomes were partially related to changes in resting values at post-workshop and follow-up. Conclusions These findings offer insight into unique patterns of change between yogic breathing, acceptance-based approaches to stress management versus cognitively based approaches.
KW - Health education
KW - heart rate
KW - mental health
KW - mindfulness
KW - stress
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2020.1781867
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2020.1781867
M3 - Article
C2 - 32667254
AN - SCOPUS:85087969915
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 70
SP - 918
EP - 928
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 3
ER -