Ferreira-Vorkapic Camila, Borba-Pinheiro Claudio Joaquim, Marchioro Murilo, Santana Daniel
Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil.
Department of Physical Education, Laboratory of Biosciences of Human Kinetics, LABIMH, Tiradentes University, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil, Thailand.
Int J Yoga. 2018 Sep-Dec;11(3):215-223. doi: 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_57_17.
World statistics for the prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders shows that a great number of individuals will experience some type of anxiety or mood disorder at some point in their lifetime. Mind-body interventions such as and seated meditation have been used as a form of self-help therapy and it is especially useful for challenging occupations such as teachers and professors.
In this investigation, we aimed at observing the impact of and seated meditation on the anxiety and depression levels of college professors.
Sixty college professors, men and women, aged between 30 and 55 years were randomly allocated in one of the three experimental groups: , seated meditation, and control group. Professors were evaluated two times throughout the 3-month study period. Psychological variables included anxiety, stress, and depression.
Data analysis showed that the relaxation group presented better intragroup results in the anxiety levels. Meditation group presented better intragroup results only in the anxiety variable (physical component). Intergroup analysis showed that, except for the depression levels, both intervention groups presented better results than the control group in all other variables.
Prepost results indicate that both interventions represent an effective therapeutic approach in reducing anxiety and stress levels. However, there was a tendency toward a greater effectiveness of the intervention regarding anxiety, which might represent an effective tool in reducing both cognitive and physiological symptoms of anxiety.
世界焦虑和情绪障碍患病率统计数据表明，大量个体在其一生中的某个时刻会经历某种类型的焦虑或情绪障碍。诸如[具体干预方式未给出]和坐禅等身心干预已被用作一种自助疗法，对教师和教授等具有挑战性的职业尤其有用。
在本调查中，我们旨在观察[具体干预方式未给出]和坐禅对大学教授焦虑和抑郁水平的影响。
60名年龄在30至55岁之间的男女大学教授被随机分配到三个实验组之一：[具体干预方式未给出]组、坐禅组和对照组。在为期3个月的研究期间，教授们接受了两次评估。心理变量包括焦虑、压力和抑郁。
数据分析表明，放松组在焦虑水平上呈现出更好的组内结果。冥想组仅在焦虑变量（身体成分）上呈现出更好的组内结果。组间分析表明，除抑郁水平外，两个干预组在所有其他变量上的结果均优于对照组。
前后结果表明，两种干预都是降低焦虑和压力水平的有效治疗方法。然而，[具体干预方式未给出]干预在减轻焦虑方面有更大效果的趋势，这可能是减轻焦虑的认知和生理症状的有效工具。
