Stress (Psychology) -- Alternative treatment

Abstract College and graduate students have been facing increasing stress levels in recent years, highlighting a need for stress management tools to help combat rising stress. A potential tool to examine is the multisensory environment (MSE), a room providing customizable sensory inputs, which has been shown in literature to be able to reduce feelings of stress. The project aimed to explore the effects of the MSE on self-reported perceived stress levels in college and graduate students and explore...

Abstract The relevance of this research is to help better understand the importance of resilience in occupational therapy graduate students and how complementary health approaches and integrative health (CHAIH) techniques can be used as strategies to build resilience for students’ personal lives and future professional experiences. The purpose was to explore the perceived feelings of resilience of first-year doctoral occupational therapy students before and after utilizing complementary health...

Abstract This study was completed to assess student perceptions on stress and anxiety, before and after mindfulness-based techniques were implemented for use. The objective of this study was to answer the research question: What are the perceived effects on stress and anxiety according to students enrolled in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program at a private non-profit university, before and after mindfulness-based techniques are implemented for use? This qualitative study aimed to explore...