An Action Research on the Influence of “Seated Eight-Form Moving Meditation—Body Awareness Training” upon Adolescents’ Physical and Mental Awareness Ability

• Main Authors: mei-chu kuo, 郭美菊
• Other Authors: Li-Chuo Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69235537295179674785

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系在職進修碩士班 === 93 === This research examines the influences of adolescents’ mental and body awareness from learning “Seated Eight-Form Moving Meditation-Body Awareness Training”. This action research may improve the professional ability of researchers to design practical moving meditation courses for adolescents. There are twelve participants divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group took ten group trainings. By analyzing the data getting from the process-recording analysis, group record, physical examination record, questionnaire after the group training, and the pretest and posttest with the Life- Stress Scale, Self-Strength Scale and Depression Scale, the main conclusions are the following: 1. Experiencing the change of body information awareness. After taking the experimental program, there are more than 60% participants feeling body information and the response from body movement more easily, and they are more sensitive than before. There are also more than 70% participants feeling heartbeat slowing down and positive reaction. 2. The awareness of mental-body interaction. More than 60% participants felt the stability of emotion including the improvement of sobriety, concentration, happiness, relaxation and relieving stress. 3. The influence on life from the change of body and mental-body interaction: (1) Quasi-experiment result: a. There is no significant effect on the decrease of life stress for the experimental group in the Life Stress Scale. b. There is no significant effect on increasing the self strength for the experimental group in the Self- Respect Scale, Frustration-Tolerance Scale and Mastery Scale. c. In the Depression Scale, there is no significant effect in Emotion, Physical and Mental Sub-scales; however, there is significant effect in the Behavior Sub-scale. (2) Qualitative result: The participants in the experimental group showed the increase of self-respect, self-satisfaction, and self-evaluation. They also showed improvement of studying and appreciation of the program. At last, this research offered academic and practical suggestions for those who plan to take the “Seated Eight-Form Moving Meditation—Body Awareness Training” in the future.