TY - EJOU
AU - Zhu, Xiaohong
AU - Chu, Tongyang
AU - Yu, Qian
AU - Li, Jinming
AU - Zhang, Xingyu
AU - Zhang, Yanjie
AU - Zou, Liye
TI - Effectiveness of Mind-Body Exercise on Burnout and Stress in Female Undergraduate Students
T2 - International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
PY - 2021
VL - 23
IS - 3
SN - 2049-8543
AB - This study was to investigate the effects of mind-body exercise on burnout and perceived stress among female
undergraduate students. A sample of 146 female undergraduate students took part in this study. They were
assigned to mind-body exercise group (n = 91) and control group (n = 55). Mind-body exercise group received
three 90-min sessions of Baduanjin exercise per week lasting for 12-weeks. There was no intervention in the control group. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey was used to assess burnout level, and the 10-item
perceived stress scale was used to assess stress level. Significant decreases in emotional exhaustion (p < 0.001),
cynicism (p < 0.001) and perceived stress (p < 0.001) were found in the mind-body exercise group compared with
control group. Furthermore after 12-week mind-body exercise, emotional exhaustion, cynicism and perceived stress
had greater reduction. Mind-body exercise (Baduanjin) may be considered an alternative strategy to reduce burnout
and perceived stress in female undergraduate students.
KW - Qigong; burnout; stress; undergraduate students
DO - 10.32604/IJMHP.2021.016339