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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Reduce Stress"”.
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Does Carpooling To/From Work Reduce Stress?
… to investigate whether carpooling to/from work reduces stress levels in adults. Many people (including the investigator) have long commutes to/from work everyday. Long commutes are not only costly, but they are also very stressful. The reason for conducting this research study is to make adults …
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Do industrial back support belts reduce stress in asymmetric lifting?
… to 10kg. The overall average heart rate (HR) was reduced from 96.2 beats per minute (bpm) to 90.9 bpm when back support belt was worn, and the reduction was statistically significant (P<0.05). Average systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduced from 114/71 to 106/64 with back support belt, but …
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BETTER HEALTH THROUGH HORTICULTURE: USING HORTICULTURE TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND REDUCE STRESS
… at a long-term care facility and feelings of distress, irritability, and nervousness decreased significantly for participants who attended the workshops regularly. Additionally, physiological data collected from college students suggest lowered blood pressure after engaging in gardening …
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Social Buffering by God: Can Prayer Reduce Stress in an Experimental Setting?
… such as higher ratings of life-satisfaction, reduced risk of mortality, and decreased cardiovascular responses. Similarly, religiosity has been found to be beneficial to both physical and mental health. Specifically, religious involvement has been associated with decreased blood pressure and …
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The Application of Mindfulness Based Art Therapy to Reduce Stress for Teachers
… approach of Focusing Oriented Art Therapy, to reduce stress for elementary school teachers. Nineteen teachers were recruited from an elementary school located in the Bay Area, for a two-week take home exercise that included a pre and posttest using the Teacher Concerns Inventory to assess …
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Art Making To Reduce Stress in First-Generation and Second-Generation Hispanic Immigrant Parents
… which lasted about 45-60 minutes. Participants stress levels; acculturation and sense of well-being were measured. This study hypothesized that the use of art therapy in conjunction with DBT therapy, while focusing in the here and now, will reduce stress levels and improve one’s sense of …
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Resiliency Through Connectedness: Connections Female Social Entrepreneurs Develop to Reduce Stress A Narrative Inquiry
… and for many social entrepreneurs this leads to stress and burnout. In order to find out how social entrepreneurs navigate social connections and stress, this researcher completed a qualitative study using narrative inquiry. Through each individual story, the researcher focused on the theory of …
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Streamlining Professional Development: Finding a Solution to Reduce Stress and Burnout Among Self-Contained Classroom Educators
… areas which need to be addressed in an effort to reduce stress and burnout. Implications for practice of this study deal with colleagues and school administrators spending time visiting special education teachers in self-contained classrooms, collaborative learning and reflection that need to take …
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Incorporating Meditation, Yoga, and Reiki Interventions to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Mood Symptoms Among the College Population
… in emotional regulation, concentration, and stress management. The incorporation of yoga has also been shown to decrease anxiety-related symptoms with benefits attributed to both physical exercise and mindfulness components. While more research on the utilization of Reiki is needed, …
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Empathetic Design: How Elementary School Environments Designed to Reduce Stress can Foster Inclusion of High Functioning Autistic Children
All people experience stress in their environments. The specific causes of stress vary from person to person as does one's ability to cope with each stressor. This thesis introduces the concept of Empathetic Design, a design strategy possible only when empathy for the inhabitant is achieved by the …
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Fitness and Stress Levels in Registered Nurses
… the effect of exercise related fitness on the stress levels of female staff nurses. A convenience sample of 122 nurses participated. Procedure: Stress was measured with the Health Problems Inventory developed by Jones. Fitness was determined by the use of an exercise history questionnaire. …
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Post-Acquisition Acculturation Study - A Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Experience
… socio-cultural implications of acculturation and stress on employees pre-, during and post-acquisition process. The study suggests ways to explain and analyze the phenomenon. The study then delves into stress implications and coping mechanics during acculturation. Finally, the capstone study …
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A Systematic Review of the Effects of the Body Scan on Stress and Psychopathology
… to buffer against the deleterious effects of stress and reduce psychopathology (Brown et al., 2012; Khoury et al., 2015). There are significant health problems implicated with stress and psychopathology and as such interventions, such as MBP, are frequently the topic of research to reduce …
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Corporate Wellness Programs
… wellness as they perceive a WWP may help reduce stress and an unhealthy lifestyle for employees, and in turn, develop a more productive employee.</p>
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The impact of dance/movement classes on adolescent behavior in an urban high school setting
… classes can be utilized as an intervention to reduce stress and b) students who participate in dance programs in public school settings will develop self-control, self-regulation and exhibit less disruptive behavior. Implications for further research and arts programming are discussed.
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THE IMPACT OF RELIABLE BACKUP CHILDCARE SERVICES ON WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND STRESS LEVELS AMONG WORKING PARENTS
… childcare services, work-life balance, and stress levels among working parents. Building on Arhin’s (2025) research, this study seeks to address limitations in sample diversity and incorporate qualitative methods to gain deeper insight into these variables. Using a mixed-methods approach, …
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Student and Faculty Perceptions of Mandated Counseling for Master of Social Work Students
… that counseling can help build self-awareness, reduce stress and manage mental illness, counseling can be beneficial to its students, as it relates to personal growth and professional development. This study’s significance is that it examined social work students and professionals, specifically. …
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The effects of yoga on children’s self-perceived stress and coping abilities
<p>Stress is a problem for many children in our society. Previous research has shown how yoga can be used to help reduce stress levels. Twenty-seven fourth- and fifth-grade students from an urban elementary school participated in a three-week yoga unit during their physical education class, as a …
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An investigation into workplace stress and the role of coaching
… to investigate whether coaching could help to reduce perceived stress in the workplace. Part I of the study measured stress before and after coaching comparing a coaching (N=16) and a control group (N=15) in a sample of employees from a UK fmancial organisation. The results showed that the …
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