Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects
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Resumo: | Introduction: Meditation is described as a method for improving attention and promoting psychological and emotional stability, presenting favorable results on cognitive functions and stress tolerance as well. Recently, studies have shown differences on psychological measurements between meditators and non-meditators. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of regular practice of meditation on psychological measures of healthy participants in basal conditions or after experimental stress-induction. Methods: Forty-four healthy participants (20 meditators and 24 non-meditators) were evaluated by inventories of life quality, anxiety, mood, sleep quality, depression, and stress. Furthermore, all participants were submitted to working memory tasks (Hanoy tower and Digit Spam) before and after two stress-induction procedures: Stroop Color-word and Serial Subtraction tests. The research protocol was approved by the institutional ethics committee (204/09 - CEP/UFRN, CAAE 0221.0.051.000-09). Results: Our results showed that meditators presented better inventories scores when compared with non-meditators in parameters such as life quality (score 15.6 versus 14.9, p = 0.04), mood (score 6.0 versus 22.5, p = 0.02), and depression (score 2.5 versus 7.0, p = 0.01). Regarding stress levels, 10 % of meditators (against 37.5% of non-meditators) presented low levels of stress (p = 0.04). Moreover, there was an improvement in performance of meditators (23.3 ± 0.8) in relation to non-meditators (19.0 ± 1.0) on digit span task and in Hanoi tower of meditators (165.2 ± 6.1 ) in relation to non-meditation (224.1 ± 13.1) after stress induction. Conclusion: These findings corroborate other studies showing that meditation can provide an improvement in general quality of life as well as the performance of practitioners in memory tasks. |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjectsMeditationStressMemory TaskQuality of LifeDepressionIntroduction: Meditation is described as a method for improving attention and promoting psychological and emotional stability, presenting favorable results on cognitive functions and stress tolerance as well. Recently, studies have shown differences on psychological measurements between meditators and non-meditators. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of regular practice of meditation on psychological measures of healthy participants in basal conditions or after experimental stress-induction. Methods: Forty-four healthy participants (20 meditators and 24 non-meditators) were evaluated by inventories of life quality, anxiety, mood, sleep quality, depression, and stress. Furthermore, all participants were submitted to working memory tasks (Hanoy tower and Digit Spam) before and after two stress-induction procedures: Stroop Color-word and Serial Subtraction tests. The research protocol was approved by the institutional ethics committee (204/09 - CEP/UFRN, CAAE 0221.0.051.000-09). Results: Our results showed that meditators presented better inventories scores when compared with non-meditators in parameters such as life quality (score 15.6 versus 14.9, p = 0.04), mood (score 6.0 versus 22.5, p = 0.02), and depression (score 2.5 versus 7.0, p = 0.01). Regarding stress levels, 10 % of meditators (against 37.5% of non-meditators) presented low levels of stress (p = 0.04). Moreover, there was an improvement in performance of meditators (23.3 ± 0.8) in relation to non-meditators (19.0 ± 1.0) on digit span task and in Hanoi tower of meditators (165.2 ± 6.1 ) in relation to non-meditation (224.1 ± 13.1) after stress induction. Conclusion: These findings corroborate other studies showing that meditation can provide an improvement in general quality of life as well as the performance of practitioners in memory tasks.Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)2012-06-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/58310.5712/rbmfc7(1)583Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade; Vol. 7 (2012): Suplemento 1 - Anais do 3° Simpósio Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionais e Práticas Contemplativas; 47Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade; Vol. 7 (2012): Suplemento 1 - Anais do 3° Simpósio Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionais e Práticas Contemplativas; 47Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade; v. 7 (2012): Suplemento 1 - Anais do 3° Simpósio Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionais e Práticas Contemplativas; 472179-79941809-5909reponame:Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)instacron:SBMFCporhttps://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/583/443Copyright (c) 2012 Kelly Cristina Fernandes Rocha, Kliger Kissinger Fernandes Rocha, Regina Helena da Silva, Alessandra Mussi Ribeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRocha, Kelly Cristina FernandesRocha, Kliger Kissinger Fernandesda Silva, Regina HelenaRibeiro, Alessandra Mussi2020-05-21T21:08:11Zoai:ojs.rbmfc.org.br:article/583Revistahttp://www.rbmfc.org.br/index.php/rbmfchttps://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/oai||david@sbmfc.org.br2179-79941809-5909opendoar:2020-05-21T21:08:11Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)false |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects Rocha, Kelly Cristina Fernandes Meditation Stress Memory Task Quality of Life Depression |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Effects of regular meditative practice on psychological measures of healthy subjects |
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Rocha, Kelly Cristina Fernandes |
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Rocha, Kelly Cristina Fernandes Rocha, Kliger Kissinger Fernandes da Silva, Regina Helena Ribeiro, Alessandra Mussi |
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Rocha, Kliger Kissinger Fernandes da Silva, Regina Helena Ribeiro, Alessandra Mussi |
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Rocha, Kelly Cristina Fernandes Rocha, Kliger Kissinger Fernandes da Silva, Regina Helena Ribeiro, Alessandra Mussi |
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Meditation Stress Memory Task Quality of Life Depression |
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Meditation Stress Memory Task Quality of Life Depression |
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Introduction: Meditation is described as a method for improving attention and promoting psychological and emotional stability, presenting favorable results on cognitive functions and stress tolerance as well. Recently, studies have shown differences on psychological measurements between meditators and non-meditators. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of regular practice of meditation on psychological measures of healthy participants in basal conditions or after experimental stress-induction. Methods: Forty-four healthy participants (20 meditators and 24 non-meditators) were evaluated by inventories of life quality, anxiety, mood, sleep quality, depression, and stress. Furthermore, all participants were submitted to working memory tasks (Hanoy tower and Digit Spam) before and after two stress-induction procedures: Stroop Color-word and Serial Subtraction tests. The research protocol was approved by the institutional ethics committee (204/09 - CEP/UFRN, CAAE 0221.0.051.000-09). Results: Our results showed that meditators presented better inventories scores when compared with non-meditators in parameters such as life quality (score 15.6 versus 14.9, p = 0.04), mood (score 6.0 versus 22.5, p = 0.02), and depression (score 2.5 versus 7.0, p = 0.01). Regarding stress levels, 10 % of meditators (against 37.5% of non-meditators) presented low levels of stress (p = 0.04). Moreover, there was an improvement in performance of meditators (23.3 ± 0.8) in relation to non-meditators (19.0 ± 1.0) on digit span task and in Hanoi tower of meditators (165.2 ± 6.1 ) in relation to non-meditation (224.1 ± 13.1) after stress induction. Conclusion: These findings corroborate other studies showing that meditation can provide an improvement in general quality of life as well as the performance of practitioners in memory tasks. |
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