title: Bio-Energy during Finals: Stress Reduction for a University Community.
abstract: To re-examine the effectiveness of a bio-energy intervention on self-reported stress for a convenience sample of university students during dead week, a quasi-experimental, single-group pretest-posttest design was used. Thirty-three students participated, serving as their own controls. After participants had consented, a 15-min Healing Touch intervention followed enrollment. Self-reported stress was significantly reduced after the bio-energy (Healing Touch) intervention. Bio-energy therapy has shown to be beneficial in reducing stress for students during dead week, the week before final examinations. Further research is needed.
authors.affiliation: a College of Nursing , Montana State University , Bozeman , MT.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Running
authors.affiliation: b Department of Statistics , Montana State University , Bozeman , MT.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hildreth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult