The Effects of Meditation in College Students

Author

Katherine Shelton, Arkansas State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

9-30-2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Exercise Science, MS

First Advisor

Amanda Wheeler Gryffin

Committee Members

Lance Bryant; Paul Finnicum

Call Number

LD 251 .A566t 2020 S54

Abstract

Research has been conducted on young student age groups (ages 13-18) and the effects that meditation elicits on anxiety, stress and academic performance, but that is where the age is capped (Beauchemin, Hutchins, & Patterson, 2008). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of meditation on a previously understudied age category: undergraduate college students ages 18-22. All participants had their age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and resting heart rate measured before and after the study, and completed a 19-Item Body-Image Questionnaire (Koleck, Brunchon-Schweitzer, Cousson-Gélie, Gilliard, & Quintard, 2002). Results revealed a statistically significant difference in weight change (p = .001) and body mass index change (p = .001) between the control group and the intervention group, and a change in the 19-Item Body-Image Questionnaire (p = .032) (Koleck, Brunchon-Schweitzer, Cousson-Gélie, Gilliard, & Quintard, 2002) between gender.

Rights Management

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Recommended Citation

Shelton, Katherine, "The Effects of Meditation in College Students" (2020). Student Theses and Dissertations. 355.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/355