Brief slow-paced breathing improves working memory, mood, and stress in college students.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2025.2505897

June J Pilcher, Kaileigh A Byrne, Skylar E Weiskittel, Emma C Clark, Madelyn G Brancato, Margaret L Rosinski, Michael R Spinelli

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Abstract

Background: Few studies have examined the effects of brief focused breathing techniques. This study investigated the impact of brief slow-paced breathing (SPB) with a longer exhalation on working memory and perceived mood, stress, and arousal.

Design: Between-subjects experimental design.

Methods: Participants (139 undergraduates, 69% female) were randomized to a one-time SPB session or a mind-wandering active control condition. The participants completed the OSPAN working memory task and state measures of mood, stress, and arousal at three time points: baseline, post-manipulation, and post-task.

Results: OSPAN performance improved in the experimental group. Mood improved in the experimental group but decreased in the control group from baseline to post-manipulation and then decreased in both conditions after completing the OSPAN task. Stress decreased in the experimental group from baseline to post-manipulation and was significantly different from the control group at the post-manipulation time point. Stress then increased from post-manipulation to post-task in both conditions. Arousal decreased in both conditions from baseline to post-manipulation but then increased from post-manipulation to post-task.

Conclusions: The current results demonstrate that a brief SPB session with longer exhalation improved working memory and temporarily improved mood and stress thus providing a just-in-time intervention to help individuals cope with stress-inducing conditions.

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短暂的慢节奏呼吸可以改善大学生的工作记忆、情绪和压力。

背景：很少有研究检验短暂集中呼吸技术的效果。本研究调查了短暂慢节奏呼吸（SPB）与较长呼气对工作记忆和感知情绪、压力和觉醒的影响。设计：受试者间实验设计。方法：139名大学生（69%为女性）被随机分为一次性SPB组和走神主动对照组。参与者完成了osan工作记忆任务，并在三个时间点对情绪、压力和觉醒进行了状态测量：基线、操作后和任务后。结果：实验组的OSPAN性能有所提高。实验组的情绪有所改善，而对照组从基线到操作后情绪有所下降，在完成OSPAN任务后两种情况下情绪都有所下降。实验组的应激从基线到操作后均有所下降，在操作后时间点与对照组有显著差异。在两种情况下，压力都从操作后增加到任务后。从基线到操作后，两种情况下的唤醒都有所下降，但从操作后到任务后，唤醒又有所增加。结论：目前的研究结果表明，短时间的SPB和长时间的呼气可以改善工作记忆，暂时改善情绪和压力，从而为帮助个体应对压力诱发条件提供了及时的干预。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.