Stress Management: A Randomized Study of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Yoga

Authors: Granath, Jens¹; Ingvarsson, Sara¹; von Thiele, Ulrica¹; Lundberg, Ulf¹

Source: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Volume 35, Number 1, Number 1/March 2006 , pp. 3-10(8)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

In this study, a stress management program based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles was compared with a Kundaliniyoga program. A study sample of 26 women and 7 men from a large Swedish company were divided randomly into 2 groups for each of the different forms of intervention; a total of 4 groups. The groups were instructed by trained group leaders and 10 sessions were held with each of groups, over a period of 4 months. Psychological (self-rated stress and stress behaviour, anger, exhaustion, quality of life) and physiological (blood pressure, heart rate, urinary catecholamines, salivary cortisol) measurements obtained before and after treatment showed significant improvements on most of the variables in both groups as well as medium-to-high effect sizes. However, no significant difference was found between the 2 programs. The results indicate that both cognitive behaviour therapy and yoga are promising stress management techniques.

Keywords: stress management; intervention; cognitive behavioural therapy; yoga; catecholamines; cortisol

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/16506070500401292

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychology and Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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