The Unifying Creative-meditation Technique and Physiological Measurement of Anxiety in Romanian Amateur Drivers
Author(s) -
Laurenţiu Mitrofan,
Mihaela Chraif,
Florinda Golu,
Emil-Răzvan Gâtej
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
procedia - social and behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1877-0428
DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.362
Subject(s) - meditation , witness , anxiety , amateur , applied psychology , psychology , license , romanian , clinical psychology , computer science , psychiatry , history , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , programming language , operating system
Nowadays, road accidents are very frequent. Anxiety plays an important role in traffic safety. In this study, we tried to prove that the Unifying Creative-Meditation Technique has a beneficial effect on anxiety which was measured through physiological parameters. The participants were 30 drivers (for the experimental group) and 30 drivers (for the witness group) that have been selected from our Department's students. The subjects had been part of the experimental group were asked to have the driving license for minimum one year.ResultsThe research was conducted on a period of two months and the results were tested using SPSS statistical analysis program by applying the T test procedure for testing the mean of the experimental and the witness group.ConclusionsConsidering this results we can say that the Unifying Creative Meditation Technique have a significant effect on reducing drivers anxiety all this reflecting on a high level on safety and performance in driving
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