Effects of 7-minute practices of breathing and meditation on stress reduction

Chunxia Sun; Jiajin Tong; Xin Qi; Zhonghui He; Junwei Qian

doi:10.1002/pchj.702

Effects of 7-minute practices of breathing and meditation on stress reduction

Psych J. 2024 Feb;13(1):149-151. doi: 10.1002/pchj.702. Epub 2023 Nov 9.

Authors

Chunxia Sun¹, Jiajin Tong¹, Xin Qi², Zhonghui He², Junwei Qian²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management and Social Psychology, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Physical Education and Research, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

We compared the effects of 7-min practices of breathing and meditation on perceived stress reduction and related affective outcomes (active emotion, serenity, anxiety, and fatigue) during micro-breaks. Undergraduates from two classes (N = 59) completed the 7-point online surveys. Results supported the effects of both practices.

Keywords: breathing; low-dose intervention; meditation; micro-breaks; perceived stress reduction.

MeSH terms

Anxiety
Emotions
Humans
Meditation* / methods
Meditation* / psychology
Stress, Psychological / psychology
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

21YJE890001/2021 General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research by the Ministry of Education