The influence of 10 min of the Johrei healing method on laboratory stress.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
Johrei has been shown to decrease exam stress responses but its immediate effects have not been assessed.

DESIGN:
In a randomised, blinded, counter-balanced design, 33 medical students were asked to calculate mental arithmetic in the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT), which served as an acute stressor prior to two conditions, 10 min of Johrei or a control resting condition involving 10 min without Johrei in a cross-over trial; after each, saliva was collected and mood tested.

SETTING:
University EEG laboratory.

INTERVENTION:
Johrei, a non-touch healing method.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Profile of mood states (POMS-Bi); state anxiety (STAI); salivary variables:
cortisol, DHEA, IgA.

RESULTS:
Mood scores on 5/6 of the POMS-Bi subscales were slightly but significantly more positive in the Johrei condition. State anxiety was similarly decreased. IgA levels were unchanged but cortisol levels were found to be slightly but non-significantly lower after Johrei than after the control condition and DHEA levels slightly but non-significantly raised, with a negative correlation between cortisol and DHEA levels.

CONCLUSIONS:
This study gives some indication that Johrei can reduce negative mood and increase positive mood states after the acute effects of a laboratory stressor in comparison to a resting control condition.

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Author information

Author/s: Laidlaw, Tannis M (TM); Naito, Akira (A); Dwivedi, Prabudha (P); Hansi, Navjyot K (NK); Henderson, Don C (DC); Gruzelier, John H (JH);

Affiliation: Imperial College London, Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, St. Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RF, UK. t.laidlaw(-atsign-)xtra.co.nz

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Complementary therapies in medicine (Complement Ther Med), published in Scotland. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 14 (issue 2) : pp 127-32

Dates: Created 2006/06/12; Completed 2006/09/08;

PMID: 16765851, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Adult
Affect
Anxiety - metabolism; prevention & control
Cross-Over Studies
Dehydroepiandrosterone - metabolism
Double-Blind Method
Female

Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone - metabolism
Immunoglobulin A - metabolism
Male
Mental Healing
Neuropsychological Tests
Stress, Psychological - metabolism; prevention & control

Associated Chemicals: Immunoglobulin A (0) ; Hydrocortisone (50-23-7) ; Dehydroepiandrosterone (53-43-0)

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