Psychobiological Changes from Relaxation Response Elicitation: Long-Term Practitioners vs. Novices
Psychobiological Changes from Relaxation Response Elicitation: Long-Term Practitioners vs. Novices
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DOI：
10.1016/j.psym.2011.05.001
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发表时间：
2011-11-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Benson, Herbert
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作者：
Chang, Bei-Hung;Dusek, Jeffery A.;Benson, Herbert
目的：松弛反应（RR）是一种与应激反应相对应的生理状态。我们研究了心理和生物效应，以及这两种效应之间的相关性，这两种效应与短期和长期练习引发RR的技术（“RR练习”）有关。方法：研究包括横断面和8周的前瞻性设计。研究样本包括长期RR实践的个体（“长期从业者”n = 28）和之前没有RR实践的个体。实践经验（“新手”n = 28）。新手接受为期8周的RR启发训练（“RR训练”），用于前瞻性分析（短期练习）。结果：长期从业人员报告的心理困扰水平低于接受RR培训前的新手。经过8周的RR训练，新手的心理困扰明显降低到与长期从业人员相当的水平。与训练了8周的新手相比，长期从业人员在心理困扰水平上有更大的立即下降（在听了诱发rr的CD后）。此外，在控制基线值后，长期从业人员心理困扰水平的降低与压力的生物测量值的降低相关。在8周训练的新手中，生物学指标没有降低，与心理指标没有相关性。结论：虽然我们的数据表明，即使是短期的8周RR诱导练习也可以降低心理困扰水平，但只有经过多年的RR练习，心理困扰的减少才与生物学变化相一致。（Psychosomatics 2011; 52:550-559）
Objective: The relaxation response (RR) is a physiological state that is the counterpart to the stress response. We investigate the psychological and biological effects, as well as the correlation between these two effects that are associated with short-term vs. long-term practice of techniques that elicit the RR ("RR practice"). Methods: The study comprised both a cross sectional and an 8-week prospective design. The study sample included individuals with a long-term RR practice ("long-term practitioners" n = 28) and those with no prior RI? practice experience ("novices" n = 28). The novices received 8 weeks of RR-elicitation training ("RR training") for the prospective analysis (short-term practice). Results: Long-term practitioners reported lower levels of psychological distress than the novices before they received RR training. As a result of the 8-week RR training, novices significantly reduced their psychological distress to levels comparable to that of long-term practitioners. Long-term practitioners had greater immediate (after listening to a RR-eliciting CD) decreases in psychological distress level than the 8-week trained novices. Furthermore, the reduction in psychological distress levels for long-term practitioners correlated with a reduction in biological measures of stress, after controlling for baseline values. There was no reduction in biological measures and no correlation with psychological measures in the 8-week trained novices. Conclusions: While our data indicate that even a short-term 8-week RR-eliciting practice can decrease psychological distress levels, only after years of RR practice does psychological distress reduction coincide with biological change. (Psychosomatics 2011; 52:550-559)