Differential effects of a brief body scan session on pain and anxiety levels

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-06-16 DOI:10.1002/capr.12785

Geneviève Bouchard, Janelle Gallant

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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to examine the impact of a brief body scan session on individuals' anxiety and pain levels considering individuals' levels of symptom severity (low vs. high).

Method

The sample was composed of 355 undergraduate or graduate students. Participants completed a series of questionnaires, performed a 14-min body scan exercise and completed some of the questionnaires a second time. Two questionnaires were aimed at identifying individuals reporting high and low levels of symptomatology (i.e. anxiety and somatic symptoms) in their everyday life, while other questionnaires were aimed at assessing the effectiveness of the body scan session in reducing current symptoms.

Results

As hypothesised, body scanning was more effective in decreasing anxiety and pain for students with high-symptom severity than for those with low-symptom severity.

Discussion

We demonstrated that individuals with high levels of symptoms, and especially anxiety symptoms, can benefit from a brief form of body scan.

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简短身体扫描对疼痛和焦虑水平的不同影响

目的本研究旨在考察简短的身体扫描对个人焦虑和疼痛水平的影响，同时考虑到个人的症状严重程度（低与高）。方法样本由 355 名本科生或研究生组成。参与者填写了一系列问卷，进行了 14 分钟的身体扫描练习，并第二次填写了部分问卷。其中两份问卷旨在确定日常生活中症状（即焦虑和躯体症状）高发和低发的人群，而其他问卷则旨在评估身体扫描练习在减轻当前症状方面的效果。结果正如假设的那样，与症状严重程度低的学生相比，身体扫描在减轻焦虑和疼痛方面更有效。讨论我们证明，症状严重的人，尤其是焦虑症状严重的人，可以从简短的身体扫描中获益。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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