The Effects of Emotional Exposure on State Anxiety

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Conditions studied: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

In brief

A randomized repeated-measures crossover clinical trial was performed. Forty healthy, female college students completed a 30 min session of YogaFit and a time-matched seated rest condition on separate days. After each condition, participants viewed 30 min of emotional picture stimuli. State anxiety, heart rate and time-domain and frequency-domain measures of HRV were assessed baseline, post- condition, and post-exposure to emotional stimuli. Data were analysed using a condition x time (2 × 3) repeated-measures ANOVA.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03458702

Run by

Texas Tech University

People needed

56

Starts

2013-09-12

Expected to finish

2014-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The inclusion criteria included women who:
• were between 18 and 25 years of age;
• were not suffering from any medical conditions that would influence the results or compromise safety during training-such as disorders effecting balance, or pregnancy;
• who were not taking antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication;
• were not clinically diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder in the previous six months;
• were within the normal range (± 1 SD from the M) for female college students for trait anxiety according to Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Inventory [(STAI-Y2); range: 40.40 ± 10.15] (Spielberger 1983);
• were within normal (minimal to mild) levels of depression according to the Beck Depression Inventory [(BDI); range: 0-18] (Oliver and Simmons 1984);
• had a normal menstrual cycle (cycles occurring less than every 26 to 35 days and lasting less than 2 or more than 7 days);
• were not considered high-risk for dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) based on a standardized questionnaire approved by the University Radiation Safety Committee; and
• were familiar with yoga or had not participated in at least 3 yoga practice sessions.

You may not qualify if…

• The exclusion criteria included women who:
• were less than 18 or more than 25 years of age;
• were suffering from any medical conditions that would influence the results or compromise safety during training-such as disorders effecting balance, or pregnancy;
• who were taking antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication;
• were clinically diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder in the previous six months;
• were not within the normal range (± 1 SD from the M) for female college students for trait anxiety according to Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Inventory [(STAI-Y2); range: 40.40 ± 10.15];
• were not within normal (minimal to mild) levels of depression according to the Beck Depression Inventory [(BDI); range: 0-18];
• had an abnormal menstrual cycle (cycles occurring less than every 26 to 35 days and lasting less than 2 or more than 7 days);
• were considered high-risk for dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) based on a standardized questionnaire approved by the University Radiation Safety Committee; and
• were not familiar with yoga or had not participated in at least 3 yoga practice sessions.

Where it is running

• Texas Tech University — Lubbock, Texas, United States

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