Virtual reality relaxation for the general population: a systematic review

S Riches, L Azevedo, L Bird, S Pisani… - Social psychiatry and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Relaxation has significant restorative properties and implications for public health.
However, modern, busy lives leave limiting time for relaxation. Virtual reality (VR) …

Does stress influence sleep patterns, food intake, weight gain, abdominal obesity and weight loss interventions and vice versa?

NRW Geiker, A Astrup, MF Hjorth, A Sjödin… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research have reported only weak associations between the intakes of specific
foods or drinks and weight gain and obesity. Randomized controlled dietary intervention …

The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale–psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

EM Klein, E Brähler, M Dreier, L Reinecke, KW Müller… - BMC psychiatry, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The Perceived Stress Scale Cohen (J Health Soc Behav 24: 385-96,
1983) is a widely and well-established self-report scale measuring perceived stress …

Improvements in stress, affect, and irritability following brief use of a mindfulness-based smartphone app: a randomized controlled trial

M Economides, J Martman, MJ Bell, B Sanderson - Mindfulness, 2018 - Springer
Mindfulness training, which involves observing thoughts and feelings without judgment or
reaction, has been shown to improve aspects of psychosocial well-being when delivered via …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship of anxiety and stress with working memory performance in a large non-depressed sample

KM Lukasik, O Waris, A Soveri, M Lehtonen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clinical anxiety and acute stress caused by major life events have well-documented
detrimental effects on cognitive processes, such as working memory (WM). However, less is …

Virtual reality and immersive technologies to promote workplace wellbeing: a systematic review

S Riches, L Taylor, P Jeyarajaguru, W Veling… - Journal of Mental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Work-related stress negatively impacts employee wellbeing. Stress-
management interventions that reduce workplace stress can be challenging. Immersive …

Age disparities in mental health during the COVID19 pandemic: The roles of resilience and coping

L Na, L Yang, PG Mezo, R Liu - Social science & medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID19 pandemic has caused a mental health crisis worldwide, which
may have different age-specific impacts, partly due to age-related differences in resilience …

Self-perceived stress in relation to anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life among health professions students: a cross-sectional study from Bosnia and …

M Racic, R Todorovic, N Ivkovic, S Masic… - Slovenian Journal of …, 2017 - sciendo.com
Results. A high degree of stress was reported by 1.6% of students, while the majority of
students had either moderate (70.6%) or low degree (27.5%) of stress. The significant …

Hypothesis: pulmonary afferent activity patterns during slow, deep breathing contribute to the neural induction of physiological relaxation

DJ Noble, S Hochman - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Control of respiration provides a powerful voluntary portal to entrain and modulate central
autonomic networks. Slowing and deepening breathing as a relaxation technique has …

Cortisol detection in undiluted human serum using a sensitive electrochemical structure-switching aptamer over an antifouling nanocomposite layer

NK Singh, S Chung, M Sveiven, DA Hall - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is a strong and growing need to monitor stress biomarkers in vivo for real-time
emotional and wellness assessment. Toward this, we report a reagent-free electrochemical …