Stress management through regulation of blood pressure among college students.
BACKGROUND
This paper introduces the concept of Deep Breathing and its applications as one of the means towards stress management through regulation of blood pressure among Indian College Engineering students. The underlying concept of deep breathing is that the relation between emotions and breathing is two way, i.e. not only do emotions affect the breathing, but controlled deep breathing also has an effect on emotions.


OBJECTIVE
The objective of the paper is to find out whether deep breathing technique is able to control blood pressure, and in turn, the level of stress.


METHODS
Sample students had a selection through initial screening and the students who reported high mental stress during interview were selected for the main drills. All the readings are taken using a sphygmomanometer (digital blood pressure meter). Students' t test are used for the purpose of hypothesis testing.


RESULTS
The results indicated that the deep breathing technique provided significant results.


CONCLUSIONS
It is recommended that this amazingly simple and yet highly effective ancient technique of deep breathing become part of students' routine curriculum. The paper aims at spreading the awareness of this yogic technique as one of the modes of Stress Management amongst Indian college students.
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India.|Electrical Engineering, Thapar Polytechnic College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Anurag
A
Joshi
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Ravi
R
Kiran
National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Indore, India.
Harish Kumar
HK
Singla
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Ash Narayan
AN
Sah
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D012119:Respiration; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities
Ordinary breathing; deep breathing; engineering students; mental wellness; reducing stress