This is a case study to speculate the effect of meditation and yoga for relaxation of stress and psychological health on vulnerability and reactivity of stress. For this purpose, it targeted adult males and females whose ages are above 30 from "Duam S...
This is a case study to speculate the effect of meditation and yoga for relaxation of stress and psychological health on vulnerability and reactivity of stress. For this purpose, it targeted adult males and females whose ages are above 30 from "Duam Social Welfare Center" located in Duam-dong, Gwangiu and graduate school students of Department of Alternative Medicine, Chosun University. It lasted from July 18. 2006 to september 11. 2006 and the 8 week-program was prvided for them. more than once a week the subjects were interviewed with pre- and post- questionnaire and data were collected through discussion, presentation and assignments.
21 subjects participated in this study and were categorized into experiment group and control group. The measuring tools of stress vulnerability and reactivity were stress overcoming developed by Cranewell-Ward(1990) and stress respondency test.
The results of the study are presented as follows:
In stress vulnerability test, Exercise, Relaxation and Amusement, Self understanding and Acceptance, items are significantly improved score after 8 session, than pre study data.
In stress reactivity scales, subjects are degree of disturbed thought process score was decreased positive reaction score is significantly in creased.