Effects of Two Psychosocial Wellness Workshops on Sleep, Stress Management and Well-being: Exploration of Psychophysiological Mechanisms
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 108
- 主要终点
- Change in Social Connectedness (SC) from baseline to post-intervention
研究概览
简要总结
While efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) has been demonstrated in a number of prior studies, little is known about the effects of SKY taught as part of the Your Enlightened Side (YESplus) workshop designed for college students. Thus, this study aims to assess the effects of YESplus on well-being, including sleep patterns, and physiological stress response.
详细描述
The transition from adolescence to adulthood, particularly for college students, is accompanied by several major life changes and challenges. For many individuals, this is a period when one moves away from home, begins interacting with different peer groups, and has greater financial and academic responsibilities. The emotional stress associated with these changes is correlated with less time devoted to sleep, increased alcohol intake reduced academic performance and increased rates of anxiety disorders and/or depression.
Your Enlightened Side (plus more) (YESplus) is a life skills workshop with a strong emphasis on breathing practices for reducing stress and increasing well-being. Additional stress management tools including meditation, yoga, and interpersonal exercises that impart social emotional learning skills and stress reduction strategies complement the breathing techniques.
The central practice taught in YESplus is a unique rhythmical breathing technique called Sudarshan Kriya. It is taught along with two preparatory breathing practices: an advanced form of Ujjayi breathing (breathing against airway resistance) and bhastrika (forceful nasal breathing). Collectively, these three breathing practices are referred to as Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY).
Prior literature has demonstrated significant improvements in psychological and physiological outcomes of SKY in adults, including decreases in subjective stress, clinical and subclinical depression and anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms,impulsivity, and tobacco use, as well as increases in calm, mental focus, emotion regulation, and overall well-being.
However, little is known about the effects of SKY specifically taught in the YESplus workshop format designed for college students. One randomized controlled trial has demonstrated attenuated levels of subjective stress and several hematological parameters, including lymphocytes and platelet count, during exam periods following SKY training. These findings have not yet been replicated, and the extent to which the effects of YESplus generalize to other health-related changes such as cardiovascular function remain unclear.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Current identification with student status, which may include undergraduate, graduate, continuing studies, or post-baccalaureate/pre-doctoral.
排除标准
- •No history of panic disorder, psychosis, or mania (with or without psychotic features), which may be risk factors for adverse effects of the yogic breathing intervention. These symptoms will be pre-screened via online questionnaire. The use of psychoactive medication will be monitored via sleep diary.
- •No current substance dependence, assessed via online self-report pre-screening questionnaire.
- •No current use of medications with known effects on sleep or stress physiology including antidepressants (SSRI, SNSI, NDRI, atypical, TCA, MAOI), anitpsychotics, benzodiazepines, non-benzodiazepine receptor agonists, melatonin and melatonin receptor agonists, orexin/hypocretin receptor antagonists, barbiturates, mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, anticholinergics, first generation antihistamines, and stimulants including NRI, antihypertensives, opioids, or systemic (non-topical) corticosteroids.
研究组 & 干预措施
YESplus workshop
Your Enlightened Side, plus more (YESplus) is an four-day, 15-hour integrative life skills workshop with a strong emphasis on breathing techniques and social connectedness. In addition to specific contemplative techniques such as yoga, mindfulness meditation, and compassion meditation that help cultivate inner peace, YESplus incorporates discussions and other activities to facilitate social connectedness, leadership, and community service. During the workshop, participants have ample time to learn and practice the Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) technique, as well as to ask questions. SKY has four sequential, form- and rhythm-specific breathing components interspersed with normal breathing while sitting in a relaxed position with eyes closed, followed by Yoga Nidra. A certified instructor with a minimum of 1,000 hours of SKY instruction training will lead each workshop.
干预措施: YESplus workshop (Behavioral)
WOW! workshop
A comparison workshop titled "Wisdom On Wellness" (WOW!) will be implemented to control for potential expectancy effects, time commitment, group-based interactions, and wisdom/knowledge of YESplus that is anticipated to have beneficial effects on stress management and well-being, allowing for more rigorous evaluation of the contemplative practices and other activities unique to the YESplus workshop. This workshop differs from YESplus due to the increased focus on cognitive approaches to conceptualizing and managing stress (e.g. thoughts about the past and future versus present moment), and absence of physical or somatic activities.
干预措施: WOW! workshop (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Social Connectedness (SC) from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
self-report questionnaire; range: 20-120, higher scores indicate higher perceived social connectedness
Change in HRV recovery from stress induction from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
average HRV 30 min after stress induction, minus baseline from that laboratory visit
Change in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
self-report questionnaire; range: 0-40, higher scores indicate higher perceived stress
Change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
self-report questionnaire; range: 0-21, higher scores indicate higher sleep disturbance
Change in HRV reactivity to stress induction from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
average HRV during stress induction, minus baseline from that laboratory visit
Change in Resting heart rate variability (HRV) from baseline to post-intervention
时间窗: 3 months
2 min average HRV at beginning of each laboratory visit
次要结局
- Change in Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire (MASQ) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Big Five personality inventory (BFI) subscale scores from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWL) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Heart Rate (HR) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)
- Change in Respiratory Rate (RR) from baseline to post-intervention(3 months)