TOPIC: BENEFITS OF JOURNALING
Using the model of social interdependence and experiential learning students will be given a topic pertaining to the different concepts on stress management and mindfulness that are covered within the course.
Format for Fast Fact Presentation
Research Submission – Each student will research a specific area in their selected topic (Provided by Instructor) and submit their evidence based 4 facts on Canvas via this Fast Facts Submission Link. Each of the facts need to come from peer reviewed articles and journals, or book chapters. In addition to the fact, you need to provide a brief summary of your thoughts and opinions regarding the fact/study.
· Each fact should be one page, meaning you should be submitting 4 pages minimum.
· 12 font
· New Times Roman
Fast Facts Example
Fact:
Mindfulness training can lower both anxiety and stress in college students
Study Info/Personal Thoughts:
A study conducted with college students (random genders and ages) at the University of
Pennsylvania wanted to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in reducing
anxiety/negative mental being as well as stress (They looked at heart rate variability – meaning
the ability to quickly calm your heart rate once it goes into a stress response). The study was set
up with three groups of students.
Group one would attend a mindfulness intervention (mindful meditation training) once a
week for an hour for four weeks.
Group two would interact with a therapy dog in-between study sessions for an hour each
week for four weeks.
Group three – nothing.
What was discovered was that both the meditation group (Group 1) and the group that worked
with the therapy dogs (Group 2) both showed reduced amounts of anxiety/negative mental being.
But, it was only the meditation group (Group 1) that showed a decrease in being able to actually
calm the stress response once stressed (They were able to drop their heart rate back very
quickly). The group that did nothing (Group 3) did not see any changes in either anxiety or
stress.
This just reinforces to me the importance of being able to pay attention to what your body is
telling you so that you can control it and is a perfect example of how mindfulness can be
beneficial. It has definitely made me more open to the how mindfulness and meditation can help
me as a college student both physically and psychologically. It also showed me the importance of
the human-animal bond. Even though the therapy dogs didn’t decrease the stress response, they
still helped with anxiety/mental well-being which makes a lot of sense to me because I feel like
my dog is one of my best support systems.
Citation:
Shearer, A., Hunt, M., Chowdhury, M., & Nicol, L. (2016). Effects of a brief mindfulness
meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability. International Journal of Stress
Management, 23(2), 232-254. doi:10.1037/a0039814
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