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http://dx.doi.org/10.7231/jon.2014.25.1.047

A Pilot Study on the Psychological and Physical Responses of Breath - Counting Meditations  

Lee, Jae-Hyok (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Semyung University)
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Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry / v.25, no.1, 2014 , pp. 47-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this research was to analyze the responses of breath-counting meditations with the psychological test and the physical index. Methods: Breath-counting meditation was applied to 10 normal adults. Then, clinical research State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), State-Trait Anger eXpression Inventory (STAXI), Psychosocial Well-being Index Short Form (PWI-SF), Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument-Korean version (BEPSI-K), Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and Vital Signs (V/S) were carried out to analyze the responses of breath-counting meditations. Results: 1) Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) decreased on the fifteenth day of breath-counting meditation, and Body Temperature (BT) increased on the fifteenth day. In addition, respiration decreased throughout the period of breath-counting meditation. 2) Standard deviations of N-N interval and Total Power (TP) of HRV all significantly increased on the fifteenth day of breath-counting meditation. 3) Scores of STAI1, STAXI1, STAXI2, and PWI-SF decreased after the breath-counting meditation. Conclusions: The results suggested that breath-counting meditations have positive responses to anger, anxiety and stress.
Keywords
Breath-counting meditation; STAI; STAXI; PWI-SF; BEPSI-K; HRV; Vital Signs;
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