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- Title
Stress Management in Young Adults: Implications of Mandala Coloring on Self-Reported Negative Affect and Psychophysiological Response.
- Authors
Muthard, Christina; Gilbertson, Rebecca
- Abstract
The purpose of the present experiment was to assess the effectiveness of mandala coloring paired with focused breathing in reducing negative affect, state anxiety, and psychophysiological stress response following a psychosocial stressor. The current study employed a validated psychosocial stressor, the Trier Social Stress Test (Kirschbaum, Pirke, & Hellhammer, 1993) and consisted of four phases that included baseline (sitting and standing), Speech 1, Speech 2, and the poststress manipulation, which consisted of either 7-min of mandala coloring/focused breathing or a no-task control group. Self-reported negative and positive affect, state anxiety, and blood pressure were assessed once after each phase, whereas pulse, skin conductance levels, and heart rate were measured throughout the experiment. Results indicated that self-reported negative affect and state anxiety were lower in the mandala-coloring experimental group as compared to the no-task control group following the psychosocial stressor. Specifically, a marginally significant reduction was found in negative affect, t(35) = -2.03, p= .05, η2 = .11, and a trend toward significant reduction was found in state anxiety, t(35) =-1.76, p= .08, η2 = .08. These findings suggested modest support for the effectiveness of mandala coloring paired with already validated focused breathing as an effective technique for reducing self-reported negative affect and state anxiety. Implications and the need for further research to assess the combination of these techniques are discussed
- Subjects
STRESS management; MANDALA; ANXIETY treatment; GALVANIC skin response; EXPERIMENTAL groups; BLOOD pressure
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2164-8204.JN21.1.16