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Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study
BACKGROUND: A growing body of clinical research attests to the psychological and physiological benefits of meditation. EcoMeditation is a non-pharmacological therapeutic approach used to promote health and well-being, comprising four evidence-based techniques: The Quick Coherence Technique for regul...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956120984142 |
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author | Church, Dawson Stapleton, Peta Sabot, Debbie |
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description | BACKGROUND: A growing body of clinical research attests to the psychological and physiological benefits of meditation. EcoMeditation is a non-pharmacological therapeutic approach used to promote health and well-being, comprising four evidence-based techniques: The Quick Coherence Technique for regulating heart rate variability (HRV), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), mindfulness, and neurofeedback. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated changes in psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain, and happiness following a one-day EcoMeditation training workshop delivered in a large-group format and at 3-months post-intervention. METHODS: A convenience sample of 208 participants (137 women, 71 men) aged between 21 and 87 years (M = 55.4 years; SD = 12.8 years) attended a one-day EcoMeditation training workshop. Participants completed a pen-and-paper survey pre-workshop and post-workshop, and an online survey three months following the EcoMeditation intervention. RESULTS: Post-workshop results revealed significant reductions in anxiety (−23.4%, p < .001), depression (−15.8%, p = .011), PTSD (−11.8%, p < .001), and pain (−18.5%, p < .001), while happiness scores increased significantly (+8.9%, p < .001). At 3-month follow-up, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA (N = 65) found significant decreases in anxiety between pre-test and post-test, and pain between pre-intervention and 3-month follow-up. Differences in depression and PTSD scores were not significant over time. Happiness scores significantly increased from pre-test to 3-month follow-up. However, post-hoc analyses suggested that the final sample size was inadequate to detect significant differences between time points. CONCLUSION: Findings provide preliminary support for EcoMeditation as a brief group-based stress reduction intervention with benefits for improved psychological functioning. |
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spelling | pubmed-77688392021-01-21 Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study Church, Dawson Stapleton, Peta Sabot, Debbie Glob Adv Health Med Original Article BACKGROUND: A growing body of clinical research attests to the psychological and physiological benefits of meditation. EcoMeditation is a non-pharmacological therapeutic approach used to promote health and well-being, comprising four evidence-based techniques: The Quick Coherence Technique for regulating heart rate variability (HRV), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), mindfulness, and neurofeedback. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated changes in psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain, and happiness following a one-day EcoMeditation training workshop delivered in a large-group format and at 3-months post-intervention. METHODS: A convenience sample of 208 participants (137 women, 71 men) aged between 21 and 87 years (M = 55.4 years; SD = 12.8 years) attended a one-day EcoMeditation training workshop. Participants completed a pen-and-paper survey pre-workshop and post-workshop, and an online survey three months following the EcoMeditation intervention. RESULTS: Post-workshop results revealed significant reductions in anxiety (−23.4%, p < .001), depression (−15.8%, p = .011), PTSD (−11.8%, p < .001), and pain (−18.5%, p < .001), while happiness scores increased significantly (+8.9%, p < .001). At 3-month follow-up, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA (N = 65) found significant decreases in anxiety between pre-test and post-test, and pain between pre-intervention and 3-month follow-up. Differences in depression and PTSD scores were not significant over time. Happiness scores significantly increased from pre-test to 3-month follow-up. However, post-hoc analyses suggested that the final sample size was inadequate to detect significant differences between time points. CONCLUSION: Findings provide preliminary support for EcoMeditation as a brief group-based stress reduction intervention with benefits for improved psychological functioning. SAGE Publications 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7768839/ /pubmed/33489481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956120984142 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Church, Dawson Stapleton, Peta Sabot, Debbie Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title | Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title_full | Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title_fullStr | Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title_short | Brief EcoMeditation Associated With Psychological Improvements: A Preliminary Study |
title_sort | brief ecomeditation associated with psychological improvements: a preliminary study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956120984142 |
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