Project Director

Zelin, Alexandra

Department Examiner

Black, Kristen J.

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Due to the 2019 outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, stress-reducing group activities such as exercise have been restricted, so people have instead relied on the Zoom interface to participate within a virtual space. However, whether or not certain methods to reduce stress can be translated from in-person to online is unknown. This study was designed to randomly assign fifty-two participants to one of three groups: mindfulness meditation session, mindful yoga session, or stress-relieving self-acupressure session. Participants were to complete a survey measuring stress immediately before and after engaging in the intervention. I hypothesized that participants will have significant decreases in stress levels across all manipulations such that they will be less stressed after the session than prior to the session. I also believed that there would be a difference in the amount of stress felt based on condition. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, I was unable to gather the needed number of participants to conduct meaningful analyses; I analyzed data from a similar study to demonstrate data analysis competence.

IRB Number

21-025

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2021

Subject

Stress management; Stress (Psychology); Telecommunication in medicine

Keyword

acupressure; meditation; stress; stress relief; yoga

Document Type

Theses

Extent

45 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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