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Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Deep Breathing, and Guided Imagery in Promoting Psychological and Physiological States of Relaxation [PDF]

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021
Research suggests that multiple forms of relaxation training (e.g., progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, breathing exercises, visualization, and autogenics) can help individuals reduce stress, enhance relaxation states, and improve overall well-being.
Loren Toussaint, Quang Anh Nguyen, Claire Roettger, Kiara Dixon, Martin Offenbächer, Niko Kohls, Jameson Hirsch, Fuschia Sirois   +7 more
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Implication of social isolation on mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: a look at its religious and spiritual coping

Política e Gestão Educacional, 2021
China was the center of Covid-19 which rapidly spread out all over the world. The rapid outbreak of Covid-19 in Asian countries has severely affected psychological and social life of people.
Amna Gohar, Alonso Bezerra de Carvalho, Carlos da Fonseca Brandão   +2 more
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Neuroanatomical substrates for the volitional regulation of heart rate [PDF]

, 2015
The control of physiological arousal can assist in the regulation of emotional state. A subset cortical and subcortical brain regions are implicated in autonomic control of bodily arousal during emotional behaviors.
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Differences in Relaxation and Imagery among NCAA Division I Sport Types

Sports, 2023
Athletes use psychological skills such as imagery and relaxation to decrease stress, cope with competitive anxiety, and achieve an optimal state of arousal.
Elizabeth Warfield, Philip Esposito, Robyn Braun-Trocchio   +2 more
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Influence of cognitive psychology education combined with relaxation therapy on quality of life of patients with stroke

Huli yanjiu, 2015
马昌凤, 陈正巧, 徐彬, 韦春红, 钱一平   +4 more
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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS) among adolescent athletes [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of the present study was to examine the factorial validity of the Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS; Thomas et al., 1999) among adolescent athletes using confirmatory factor analysis.
Andrew M Lane, Chartrand JM, Chris Harwood, Costas I Karageorghis, Côté J, Hanton S, Harwood C, Mahoney MJ, Peter C Terry, Smith RE, Taylor J, Thomas PR, White SA   +12 more
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ECONOMIC-UTILITARIAN AND SPIRITUAL-EXISTENTIAL BASES OF FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN MOUNTAIN DWELLERS

Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 2015
The article high lights the psychology economic-utilitarian motivation in mountain dwellers to care for nature as a basic resource in their recreation and relaxation activities – the main means of promoting the social and economic growth of mountain ...
Viktor Moskalets
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Flow experiences in everyday classes of Spanish college students: the fit between challenge and skill

Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2014
This study is concerned with the flow state as a high intrinsic motivation experience. Following Csikszenmihalyi´s theoretical model (1990), we analyze in which contents within the social psychology subject, students experience more flow.
Jordi Escartin, Lucia Ceja, Montse Celdran, Javier Martín-Peña   +3 more
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Brief guided imagery and body scanning interventions reduce food cravings [PDF]

, 2013
mindfulness cognition food intrusive thoughts acceptance eatingElaborated Intrusion (EI) Theory proposes that cravings occur when involuntary thoughts about food are elaborated; a key part of elaboration is affectively-charged imagery.
Andrade, J, Fawson, S, Hamilton, J, Kavanagh, DJ, May, J   +4 more
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Swimmers' experiences of organizational stress: Exploring the role of cognitive appraisal and coping strategies [PDF]

, 2014
This study investigated sport performers’ coping strategies in response to organizational stressors, examined the utility of Skinner, Edge, Altman, and Sherwood’s (2003) categorization of coping within a sport context, determined the short-term perceived
Didymus, FF, Fletcher, D
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