Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
J Nurs Res. 2009 Dec;17(4):261-9. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0b013e3181c17f77.
Physical stress and mental stress are increasingly common phenomena in our rapidly changing and stressful modern society. Research has found meditation to produce positive and demonstrable stress reduction effects on brain and immune functions. This study is grounded in traditional Chinese philosophical mores that teach a process summarized by the keynote activities of "calm, still, quiet, consider, and get" and the potential of this process to reduce stress in adolescents.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of meditation on the physical and mental health of junior college students.
This research employed a quasi-experimental design. Participants included 242 freshmen from a junior college in Taiwan selected using a convenience sampling technique. Participants were then randomly separated into experimental (n = 119) and control (n = 123) groups. The project duration was 18 weeks, during which the experimental group received 2 hours of meditation treatment per week, for a total of 36 hours. Both groups completed pretest and posttest Life Adaptation Scale forms, which included questionnaires addressing information on physical and mental distress and positive and negative coping strategies. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance.
Findings showed that the effect of the experiment treatment was significant when student physical and mental distress pretest scores were controlled. Physical and mental symptoms in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group.
Meditation can help students to adapt to life stressors. This study also provides support for traditional Chinese wisdom, which promotes meditation as one way to improve health.
在我们这个瞬息万变、充满压力的现代社会，身体压力和精神压力越来越普遍。研究发现，冥想对大脑和免疫功能具有积极的、可证明的减压效果。本研究基于中国传统哲学思想，即通过“静、定、安、虑、得”这一关键活动来减轻压力，并探索其在青少年群体中减轻压力的潜力。
本研究旨在探讨冥想对大专生身心健康的影响。
本研究采用准实验设计。参与者为台湾一所大专院校的 242 名新生，采用便利抽样法选取。然后，将参与者随机分为实验组（n = 119）和对照组（n = 123）。项目持续 18 周，实验组每周接受 2 小时的冥想治疗，共 36 小时。两组均完成生活适应量表的前测和后测，其中包括身心困扰、积极和消极应对策略的问卷。采用协方差分析对数据进行分析。
在控制学生身心困扰前测得分的情况下，实验处理的效果显著。实验组的身心症状低于对照组。
冥想可以帮助学生适应生活压力。本研究也为中国传统智慧提供了支持，即提倡冥想是改善健康的一种方式。
