Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2010
Yeon Ja Choi
3 citations
Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of meditation therapy on self esteem, social avoidance and distress. Methods: The participants in this study were 97 nursing students (49 in the experimental group, 48 in the control group). For the research, a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. The research was carried out from February 23rd to...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
September 30, 2008
Sun Joo Jang, Yang Sook Hah
7 citations
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of meditation programs on stress responses, anxiety, and self-esteem in psychiatric patients. After the meditation treatment, the experimental group will report a higher degree of decreased Symptoms of Stress(SOS) scores than the control group. The experimental group will report a higher degree of decreased Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI) scores than...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
September 30, 2007
Yeon Ja Choi
1 citation
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of meditation therapy on the social anxiety. Methods: The subjects of this study were totally 111(54 in the experimental group, 57 in the control group) as nursing students. Research design was nonequivalcnt control group pretest - posttest quasi-experimental research. The period was from March to October, 2006. The researcher gave experimental...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
March 31, 2004
Ye-On-Ja Choi
Purpose: This study purports to investigate the effects of Sasimsagwan meditation therapy, one way of Buddhists' ascetic practices conducted to reduce the state anxiety. Methods: The subjects of this study were college students, 34 of whom were grouped as experimental group and 35 as control group. The study is designed as the quasi-experimental research before and after the time lag of...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
June 30, 2001
Yeon Ja Choi
According to a discipline of Buddhist philosophy, cognitive understanding is believed to be based above all on the name (general concept) under the assumption that understanding is controlled by language. Hence, the discipline proposes Sasimsagwan (a thorough and deep insight on 4 things, i.e. name, thing, one's real nature and difference) as a means to free the subjects from the fixed language...