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The Effect of Meditation Programs on Stress Responses, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem in Psychiatric Patients

Sunmi Joo,Yang Sook

Published 2008 in Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of meditation programs on stress responses, anxiety, and self-esteem in psychiatric patients. After the meditation treatment, the experimental group will report a higher degree of decreased Symptoms of Stress(SOS) scores than the control group. The experimental group will report a higher degree of decreased Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI) scores than the control group.In addition, the experimental group will report a higher degree of increased Rosenberg scale scores than the control group. Methods: Seventeen patients were recruited and were treated with 6 sessions of a meditation program as well as 17 sex-matched control patients. Stress responses were measured using SOS and all subjects performed BAI, the Rosenberg scale and the visual analogue scale. Results: Compared with the control patients, patients receiving meditation treatment did not show significant reduction in scores of SOS(U = 137.500, p = .812), BAI(U = 126.500, p = .540) or SOS subscales. There was no significant increase of self-esteem(U = 112.500, p = .274) in the meditation treatment group.Conclusion: This study suggests that meditation programs may be therapeutic by reducing stress responses including psychological and physiological aspects even though there was no statistical significance.

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