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The long-term effects of energetic healing on symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The long-term effects of energetic healing on symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress./
Author:	Shore, Adina Leah Goldman.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2002,
Description:	180 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 64-04, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International64-04B.
Subject:	Psychotherapy. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3047964
ISBN:	9780493620190

The long-term effects of energetic healing on symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress.
Shore, Adina Leah Goldman.

The long-term effects of energetic healing on symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002 - 180 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 64-04, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2002.

Energetic or spiritual healing has been documented and practiced in nearly every civilization throughout the span of human existence (Benson, 1975). The present investigation examined the long-term effects of Reiki, a form of energetic healing, on symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness (HS), and Perceived Stress (PSS) scales. Fifty participants in need of healing were randomly assigned to one of three groups: hands-on Reiki (Group 1), non-touch Reiki (Group 2), or Reiki placebo distance group (Group 3), and remained blind to treatment condition. Reiki practitioners provided participants with a free 1-1½ hour treatment each week for a 6-week duration. Pretest data were collected before the onset of treatment; posttest data were collected upon completion of treatment 6 weeks later; and follow-up data were collected one year after completion of treatment. Repeated measures analyses, effect size computations, and Tukey post hoc comparisons assessed the long-term effects of hands-on, distance, and placebo distance Reiki treatments on symptoms of psychological depression and stress. Tests for change over time, correlations between measures, and qualitative data (interviews) provided additional analyses to further understanding of the experience and effects of energetic healing treatments. Findings demonstrated that although no significant difference between groups existed at pretest data collection, treatment groups exhibited significant reduction in depressive and stress symptomology as compared with controls. One year later, these findings were maintained. The results support research hypotheses of a significant long-term reduction of symptoms of depression (BDI), hopelessness (HS), and stress (PSS), exhibited by individuals in the treatment groups, as compared with control group participants at posttest and follow-up intervals. Findings demonstrate the therapeutic function of energetic healing on symptoms of psychological distress. The present investigation therefore recommends the integration of energetic healing into mainstream health care and traditional interventions.

ISBN: 9780493620190Subjects--Topical Terms:

519158
Psychotherapy.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Depression

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