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KMID : 0389420060140010017
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Korean Journal of Stress Research
2006 Volume.14 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.22
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An Effect of Kwan on the Test Stress and Anxiety of the University Students
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Kim Joo-Hyun
Kim Yong-Hwan
Ahn Young-Woo
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Abstract
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Many students have stress and anxiety over examination and these psychological factors generally attenuate human immune system. If we want to live healthy, we need to have a good intervention technique to control the stress. In these days, many people are interested in Buddhistic meditation techniques. Kwan, which is one of them, is observing inner-side of mind of me and others together. The practicioner who did Kwan for students of experimental group were lay persons and trained Kwan for 10 weeks in Hanmaum Zen Center. In this study, the effect of Kwan on mind controlling of the stress and anxiety was investigated. The subjects of this study were 17 for experimental group and 17 for control group. The instruments measuring stress, trait and state anxiety and A type character were used for data collection. We also collected the physiological data such as: blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, serum cortisol, ACTH and lymphocyte count. The data were analyzed with SPSS PC? program, using percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test as the analysis criteria. The results of this study were as follows: 1. There was no significant differences of pre-test variables (stress, trait & state anxiety, a type character & trait & physiological data) between experimental group and control group. 2. The post-test means of state anxiety, ACTH, cortisol of experimental group were lower than control group, but there were no significant differences. The lymphocytes of treated subjects were higher than control group, but there were no significant differences.
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KEYWORD
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Kwan, Test-anxiety, Stress
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