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 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by a Mind and Life Institute Varela Award (MRG) and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (MRG). The authors thank Dr. Emma Seppälä, Dr. Dara Ghahremani, and the Art of Living Foundation for support in the development of this study; Annelies Richmond, Jennifer Stevenson, and Emily Peck for study development and teaching the SKY workshops; University of Arizona Campus Health for sponsoring the facility space to run the workshops; Dr. Richard Bootzin for his valuable support in early phases of study design; Dr. Fiona Bailey’s research laboratory for support with data collection; Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor and Dr. John Ruiz for guidance during manuscript preparation; and the many research assistants for their assistance with data collection and data processing.
Publisher Copyright:
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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
VL - 70
SP - 918
EP - 928
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
SN - 0744-8481
IS - 3
ER -