OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular recovery of prestress baseline blood pressure has been implicated as a possible additional determinant of sustained blood pressure elevation. We hypothesize that angry ruminations may slow the recovery process. METHOD A within-subjects design was used in which resting baseline blood pressure and heart rate measurements were assessed on 60 subjects, who then took part ...

OBJECTIVES Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been found to reduce psychological distress and improve psychological adjustment in medical, psychiatric, and nonclinical samples. We examined its effects on several processes, attitudes, and behavior patterns related to emotion regulation. DESIGN Fifty-six adults were randomly assigned to MBSR or to a waiting list (WL). RESULTS Compa...

The present study aims to the impact of music preferences on anger levels amongst undergraduate and postgraduate students. A survey was administered online (via Google Forms) offline a sample 210 individuals using convenience snowball sampling methods. Two tools were utilised in questionnaire - Music Preference Scale developed by Upadhyay colleagues Behavioural Anger Response Questionnaire. res...

Traumatization, the operative infliction of a trauma/ traumatic event, may be described as the process(es) through which the criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are achieved. Trauma or a traumatic event stems from an overwhelming/excruciating bombardment of extreme stress that exceeds individuals' ability to cope, or integrate the cognitive-climate involved with that or those exper...