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What Is A Psychology Unit In Four Campuss?

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Method Participants Altogether 457 participants were recruited through their tutorial classes in this research. The participants are doing a psychology unit in four campuses in Australian Catholic University. The campuses involved were Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Strathfield. The age of the participants varies across all ages. However, the calculated mean of the age is 20.75 years with a standard deviation of 5.58. The percentage of female participants is 74.7% which is higher than the percentage of male participants which were 25.3%. Materials The materials used in this research consist of a seven page questionnaire containing questions assessing mood, mathematical problems and pulse rate. There was 4 pages consisting 11 different …show more content…

Not only that, on the fourth page, there was another set of mathematical problems to be solve as fast as possible in three minutes. Then the fifth page consist of mood scale and again pulse rate is recorded. Then, they were instructed to sit quietly with their eyes closed for five minutes and 56 seconds. Lastly, the participants flips out the sixth page and rated their mood and pulse rate for another 60 seconds. On this page, their age and gender are also recorded. After all pages are put back into the pile, the researcher proceed to collect them back. The researcher then thanked the participants and debriefed them. Discussion This study was conducted in two different conditions in a repeated measure design to examined the changed in pulse rate and mood levels. The results collected were from the participants’ present moment of self reported mood and pulse rate. The hypothesis is accepted as shown in the results. After a session of MBSR, it has an effect by increasing the mood of participants than after the sitting quietly condition. There was also a higher decreased in pulse rate after a brief MBSR session than sitting quietly condition. The results can also be supported by previous studies such as the study of Hindman where he found that MBSR is capable in reducing stress. The changes could be measured in university students for both conditions also by testing their psychological distress (Hindman,

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