A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of Yoga on Stress Reactivity in 6th Grade Students
Joint Authors
Haden, Sara C.
Daly, Leslie A.
Hagins, Marshall
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
There is an increasing interest in developing school programs that improve the ability of children to cope with psychosocial stress.
Yoga may be an appropriate intervention as it has demonstrated improvements in the ability of children to manage psychosocial stress.
Yoga is thought to improve the control of reactivity to stress via the regulation of the autonomic nervous system.
The current study examined the effects of yoga compared to a physical education class on physiological response (blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR)) to behavioral stressor tasks (mental arithmetic and mirror tracing tasks).
Data analysis of BP and HR was performed using a 2 × 2 × 4 repeated measures ANOVA (time × group × stressor time points).
30 (17 male) 6th graders participated in the study.
Yoga did not provide significant differences in stress reactivity compared to a physical education class (group × time: systolic (F(1,28)=.538, P=.470); diastolic (F(1,28)=.1.061, P=.312); HR (F(1,28)=.401, P=.532)).
The lack of significant differences may be due to the yoga intervention failing to focus on stress management and/or the stressor tasks not adequately capturing attenuation of stressor response.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hagins, Marshall& Haden, Sara C.& Daly, Leslie A.. 2013. A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of Yoga on Stress Reactivity in 6th Grade Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484619
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hagins, Marshall…[et al.]. A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of Yoga on Stress Reactivity in 6th Grade Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484619
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hagins, Marshall& Haden, Sara C.& Daly, Leslie A.. A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of Yoga on Stress Reactivity in 6th Grade Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484619
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484619