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- Title
Differential Experimental Effects of a Short Bout of Walking, Meditation, or Combination of Walking and Meditation on State Anxiety Among Young Adults.
- Authors
Edwards, Meghan K.; Rosenbaum, Simon; Loprinzi, Paul D.
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Single bouts of aerobic exercise and meditation have been shown to improve anxiety states. Yet to be evaluated in the literature, we sought to examine the effects of a single, short bout of aerobic exercise or meditation, as well as exercise and meditation combined on state anxiety among young adults.<bold>Design: </bold>Randomized controlled trial.<bold>Setting: </bold>University.<bold>Subjects: </bold>Participants (N = 110, mean age = 21.4 years) were randomly assigned to walk, meditate, walk then meditate, meditate then walk, or to sit (inactive control).<bold>Measures: </bold>All walking and meditation bouts were 10 minutes in duration. Participants' state anxiety was monitored before and after the intervention using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire.<bold>Results: </bold>Significant group × time interaction effects were observed ( P = .01). Post hoc paired t tests revealed that state anxiety significantly decreased from baseline to postintervention in the meditation ( P = .002), meditation then walk ( P = .002), and walk then meditation ( P = .03) groups but not the walk ( P = .75) or control ( P = .45) groups.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Meditation (vs a brisk walk) may be a preferred method of attenuating anxiety symptomology. Individuals desiring the health benefits associated with aerobic exercise may achieve additional anxiolytic benefits if they employ a brief meditation session before or after exercising.
- Subjects
AEROBIC exercises; MEDITATION; ANXIETY; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH behavior; ANXIETY prevention; ANXIETY treatment; MEDITATION &; psychology; WALKING; COMBINED modality therapy; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL sampling; EVALUATION research; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2018, Vol 32, Issue 4, p949
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0890117117744913