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KMID : 0387420140250010047
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2014 Volume.25 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.54
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A Pilot Study on the Psychological and Physical Responses of Breath - Counting Meditations
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Lee Jae-Hyok
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this research was to analyze the responses of breath-counting meditations with the psychological test and the physical index.
Methods: Breath-counting meditation was applied to 10 normal adults. Then, clinical research State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), State-Trait Anger eXpression Inventory (STAXI), Psychosocial Well-being Index Short Form (PWI-SF), Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument-Korean version (BEPSI-K), Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and Vital Signs (V/S) were carried out to analyze the responses of breath-counting meditations.
Results: 1) Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) decreased on the fifteenth day of breath-counting meditation, and Body Temperature (BT) increased on the fifteenth day. In addition, respiration decreased throughout the period of breath-counting meditation. 2) Standard deviations of N-N interval and Total Power (TP) of HRV all significantly increased on the fifteenth day of breath-counting meditation. 3) Scores of STAI1, STAXI1, STAXI2, and PWI-SF decreased after the breath-counting meditation.
Conclusions: The results suggested that breath-counting meditations have positive responses to anger, anxiety and stress.
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KEYWORD
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Breath-counting meditation, STAI, STAXI, PWI-SF, BEPSI-K, HRV, Vital Signs
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