DISASTER RELIEF FOR THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI OF 2011: STRESS REDUCTION THROUGH THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION® TECHNIQUE.
| Autor: | Yoshimura M; 1 G-Yamato, Urayasu, Japan., Kurokawa E; 1 G-Yamato, Urayasu, Japan., Noda T; 2 Kensei Ltd. Healthcare Corporation, Sendai, Japan., Hineno K; 3 Chokushi-Kai Fukuroda Hospital, Daigo-machi, Japan., Tanaka Y; 4 Shihonomori Clinic, Tsukuba, Japan., Kawai Y; 5 Maharishi Institute of Total Education, Kyoto, Japan., Dillbeck MC; 6 Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Psychological reports [Psychol Rep] 2015 Aug; Vol. 117 (1), pp. 206-16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 30. |
| DOI: | 10.2466/02.13.PR0.117c11z6 |
| Abstrakt: | This study examined changes in self-reported stress symptoms after instruction in the Transcendental Meditation(®) technique among 171 residents of two cities (Sendai and Ishinomaki) directly affected by the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster compared with 326 non-disaster Tokyo participants previously tested before and after learning the technique and a no-treatment control group (n = 68). The participants completed a rating checklist of mental and physical symptoms. Disaster area participants who learned the Transcendental Meditation(®) technique in contrast to controls showed a significant drop in total symptom score from pre-test to post-test (effect size = -1.09). Results were comparable for an ordinal measure of symptom intensity. The findings suggest the potential value of this procedure for relief from disaster trauma. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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