Using Acudetox to Reduce Stress in College Students:
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Using Acudetox to Reduce Stress in College Students: A Brief Intervention Strategy for College Counselors Lis Tomlin, LMHC [email protected]
Examine the effect of a one-time, brief intervention of NADA on overall perceived stress in college students Purpose of Study
Quantitative Quasi-experimental, pretestposttest Within subjects design, no control group One time NADA treatment of 45 minutes Multivariate repeated measures ANOVA Research Design
Variables IV 1 time, 45 minute NADA treatment DVs nominal scores on The Acudetox Record (ATR), collected three times for each participant Pretest Posttest Follow-Up Setting: rural, public university in southwest state
Participants (n 23) Grade Major Initially, n 34 Nursing 4 Undergraduate freshman 9 Business 3 Undergraduate sophomores 5 Psychology 3 Undergraduate juniors 4 Health & Exercise Science 3 Undergraduate seniors 2 Education 3 Counseling (Grad) 3 Biology 2 Theater 1 English 1 Graduate students 3 11 identified as first generation
Amended from The Acupuncture Treatment Record, developed by Dr. Libby Stuyt in 2001 14 symptoms The Acudetox Treatment Record (ATR) The Acupuncture Treatment Record Cronbach’s alpha ranged from .801-.769 High Internal Consistency 10 symptoms Sleeping Eating Headache Depression Anxiety Anger Concentration Energy Emotional stress Physical stress
Results ANOVA indicated a statistically significant effect, Wilks’s Λ .298, F(2, 21) 24.695, p .001, multivariate η2 .702. Pairwise comparisons reveal that there statistically significant differences among the pairs. The ATR Pretest differs significantly from both the ATR Posttest (M 7.087, SD 1.123, p .001), and ATR Followup (M 8.217, SD 1.253, p .001). There are no significant differences between the ATR Posttest and the ATR Follow-up.
The bottom line These results suggest that there is a relationship between the perceived levels of stress and the brief, onetime NADA acudetox intervention. Students endorsed a reduction in perceived stress symptoms after their acudetox intervention and even a few days later.
