Psychological and Physiological Response of Students to Different Types of Stress Management Programs

Iglesias, Sílvia; Azzara, Sergio Hectór; Argibay, Juan Carlos; Arnaiz, María Lores; Carpineta, María de Valle; Granchetti, Hugo; Lagomarsino, Eduardo

doi:10.4278/ajhp.110516-qual-199

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“…The relaxation response can be effective in offsetting the negative psychobiological effects of stress through mind-body approaches such as meditation, guided imagery, and controlled breathing [33,34]. Research has shown that relaxation training elicits changes in peripheral blood gene expression [35], while others have shown significant differences in gene expression between Qigong practitioners and normal controls [36].…”

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Recreational music-making alters gene expression pathways in patients with coronary heart disease

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BackgroundPsychosocial stress profoundly impacts long-term cardiovascular health through adverse effects on sympathetic nervous system activity, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerotic development. Recreational Music Making (RMM) is a unique stress amelioration strategy encompassing group music-based activities that has great therapeutic potential for treating patients with stress-related cardiovascular disease.Material/MethodsParticipants (n=34) with a history of ischemic heart disease were subjected to an acute time-limited stressor, then randomized to RMM or quiet reading for one hour. Peripheral blood gene expression using GeneChip® Human Genome U133A 2.0 arrays was assessed at baseline, following stress, and after the relaxation session.ResultsFull gene set enrichment analysis identified 16 molecular pathways differentially regulated (P<0.005) during stress that function in immune response, cell mobility, and transcription. During relaxation, two pathways showed a significant change in expression in the control group, while 12 pathways governing immune function and gene expression were modulated among RMM participants. Only 13% (2/16) of pathways showed differential expression during stress and relaxation.ConclusionsHuman stress and relaxation responses may be controlled by different molecular pathways. Relaxation through active engagement in Recreational Music Making may be more effective than quiet reading at altering gene expression and thus more clinically useful for stress amelioration.

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Recreational music-making alters gene expression pathways in patients with coronary heart disease

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“…In a comparison of techniques having positive impacts on mood and energy (both physical and mental), pranayama produced a significantly greater positive impact on mood and energy than relaxation and visualization techniques (Wood 1993). A study examining stress management, found that deep breathing, relaxation, meditation, and guided imagery techniques resulted in reduced levels of anxiety, anger, neuroticism, hopelessness, salivary cortisol, and respiration levels (Iglesias et al 2012). Deep breathing exercises have also been shown to reduce PTSD-like symptoms and normalized abnormal cortisol levels (Kim et al 2013).…”

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Self-Regulation of Breathing as a Primary Treatment for Anxiety

Jerath¹,

Crawford²,

Barnes

et al. 2015

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Understanding the autonomic nervous system and homeostatic changes associated with emotions remains a major challenge for neuroscientists and a fundamental prerequisite to treat anxiety, stress, and emotional disorders. Based on recent publications, the inter-relationship between respiration and emotions and the influence of respiration on autonomic changes, and subsequent widespread membrane potential changes resulting from changes in homeostasis are discussed. We hypothesize that reversing homeostatic alterations with meditation and breathing techniques rather than targeting neurotransmitters with medication may be a superior method to address the whole body changes that occur in stress, anxiety, and depression. Detrimental effects of stress, negative emotions, and sympathetic dominance of the autonomic nervous system have been shown to be counteracted by different forms of meditation, relaxation, and breathing techniques. We propose that these breathing techniques could be used as firstline and supplemental treatments for stress, anxiety, depression, and some emotional disorders.

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“…Question 2 was selected for evaluating the frequency of relaxation. Relaxation has a stress-buffering effect and is useful to reduce the accumulation of stress (Iglesias et al 2012;Jerath et al 2015;Linnemann et al 2017). Question 3 was employed for evaluating the frequency of eating when irritated or worried, which contributes to emotional eating.…”

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Oral Fat Sensitivity Is Associated with Social Support for Stress Coping in Young Adult Men

Tanaka

Hong

Tominami

et al. 2018

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Oral fat sensitivity (OFS), the ability to taste fat, is associated with eating habits in humans, including daily fatty food consumption; namely, proper OFS is important for health. In addition, lifestyle factors, such as stress and sleep, may affect fat intake. However, correlations between OFS, stress management, and sleep are largely unknown. Thus, we investigated the associations of OFS with lifestyle factors regarding stress management and daytime sleepiness in healthy young adult men. We measured OFS, sensitivities for three prototypical tastes (sweet, salty, and sour), and BMI in 22 subjects (27.2 ± 6.0 years), who also completed a self-reported questionnaire on health, including lifestyle-related questions. The correlations of taste sensitivities with stress management and daytime sleepiness were analyzed. We thus found that the number of mentors for personal concerns (a question regarding stress management, social support) was positively associated with OFS (P = 0.041), but not the other taste sensitivities. In contrast, other lifestyle factors related to stress management (frequency of relaxation, frequency of eating when irritated or worried, and degree of satisfaction with one's sleep) and daytime sleepiness were not significantly associated with OFS, similar to that observed for other tested taste sensitivities. These results characterize the unique association of OFS with the degree of social support in healthy young men and provide novel insights into the nature of individual OFS differences. Thus, measuring the degree of social support may be helpful for the evaluation of OFS impairment, thereby contributing to the prevention of stress-induced overeating.

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Psychological and Physiological Response of Students to Different Types of Stress Management Programs

Abstract: The combination of deep breathing, relaxation response, meditation, and guided imagery techniques with CB seems to be effective at helping people to deal with stress.

Cited by 23 publications

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Recreational music-making alters gene expression pathways in patients with coronary heart disease

Recreational music-making alters gene expression pathways in patients with coronary heart disease

Self-Regulation of Breathing as a Primary Treatment for Anxiety

Oral Fat Sensitivity Is Associated with Social Support for Stress Coping in Young Adult Men

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