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Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task
Research is scarce on ways to enhance the effect of rest breaks during mentally demanding tasks. The present study investigated the effectiveness of two rest‐break interventions on well‐being during an academic lecture. Sixty‐six students (53 females, mean age 22.5 years) enrolled in two different u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30113771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.2830 |
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author | Blasche, Gerhard Szabo, Barbara Wagner‐Menghin, Michaela Ekmekcioglu, Cem Gollner, Erwin |
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description | Research is scarce on ways to enhance the effect of rest breaks during mentally demanding tasks. The present study investigated the effectiveness of two rest‐break interventions on well‐being during an academic lecture. Sixty‐six students (53 females, mean age 22.5 years) enrolled in two different university classes of 4‐hr duration participated in the study. Two measures of well‐being (fatigue and vigor) were assessed immediately before, after, and 20 minutes after the break. A control condition without a break as well as an unstructured break was compared with breaks either encompassing physical activity or a relaxation exercise. Compared with the nonbreak condition, the unstructured rest break led to an increase in vigor, the exercise break as well as the relaxation break both to an increase in vigor and a decrease in fatigue at 20‐min post break. Compared with the unstructured break, exercise led to an (additional) increase in vigor and relaxation to an (additional) decrease in fatigue at 20‐min post break. Thus, the effects of rest breaks during mentally demanding tasks can be enhanced by engaging in physical activity or relaxation exercises, with effects lasting at least as long as 20 min into the continuation of the task. |
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spelling | pubmed-65856752019-06-27 Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task Blasche, Gerhard Szabo, Barbara Wagner‐Menghin, Michaela Ekmekcioglu, Cem Gollner, Erwin Stress Health Research Articles Research is scarce on ways to enhance the effect of rest breaks during mentally demanding tasks. The present study investigated the effectiveness of two rest‐break interventions on well‐being during an academic lecture. Sixty‐six students (53 females, mean age 22.5 years) enrolled in two different university classes of 4‐hr duration participated in the study. Two measures of well‐being (fatigue and vigor) were assessed immediately before, after, and 20 minutes after the break. A control condition without a break as well as an unstructured break was compared with breaks either encompassing physical activity or a relaxation exercise. Compared with the nonbreak condition, the unstructured rest break led to an increase in vigor, the exercise break as well as the relaxation break both to an increase in vigor and a decrease in fatigue at 20‐min post break. Compared with the unstructured break, exercise led to an (additional) increase in vigor and relaxation to an (additional) decrease in fatigue at 20‐min post break. Thus, the effects of rest breaks during mentally demanding tasks can be enhanced by engaging in physical activity or relaxation exercises, with effects lasting at least as long as 20 min into the continuation of the task. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-08-16 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6585675/ /pubmed/30113771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.2830 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Stress and Health Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Blasche, Gerhard Szabo, Barbara Wagner‐Menghin, Michaela Ekmekcioglu, Cem Gollner, Erwin Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title | Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title_full | Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title_fullStr | Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title_short | Comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
title_sort | comparison of rest‐break interventions during a mentally demanding task |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30113771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.2830 |
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