An Exploration of Stress Reactivity, Stress Recovery, Mindfulness Meditation and Prayer with the use of Heart Rate Variability

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dc.contributor.advisorRitvo, Paul G.
dc.creatorAshfaq, Iqra
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T12:43:22Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T12:43:22Z
dc.date.copyright2016-12-09
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T12:43:21Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated post-stress heart rate variability (HRV) changes during mindfulness meditation (MM) and while listening to a prayer passage from the Holy Quran. HRV was measured in Muslim students (N = 114) during: (1) a resting phase; (2) a cognitive stress-induction phase; and (3) a 10-minute post-stress phase. In the post-stress phase, participants were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions: (1) guided-MM; (2) description of MM; (3) prayer passage; or (4) description of prayer. Results revealed greater mean HF-HRV for male participants in the meditation experimental (MExp) group than the meditation control (MCon) group at the 15 min and 610 min post-stress phases and greater mean HF-HRV for female participants in the MExp group than the MCon group at the 15 min phase. Further analyses of females with self-reported dysphoric mood suggested that both MM and listening to a prayer can promote relaxation following exposure to a cognitive stressor.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33473
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCognitive psychology
dc.subject.keywordsHeart rate variability
dc.subject.keywordsMindfulness meditation
dc.subject.keywordsPrayer
dc.subject.keywordsQuran
dc.subject.keywordsStress
dc.subject.keywordsDysphoric mood
dc.titleAn Exploration of Stress Reactivity, Stress Recovery, Mindfulness Meditation and Prayer with the use of Heart Rate Variability
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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