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Strategies are needed to improve adolescent substance abuse treatment outcomes. For example, during outpatient substance abuse treatment, up to 80% of adolescents continue to use. Following residential substance abuse treatment, 88% of adolescents relapse within 6 months. Psychosocial stress pl...

In 2007, the leadership team at Grinnell Regional Medical Center participated in a pilot project with the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) to assess the stress level of individual team members and its effect on the organization. At the beginning of the project, the leadership team completed a Personal a...

Due to the prevalence of music performance anxiety and the emergence of new biofeedback technologies used to decrease anxiety, student musicians were recruited to participate in an experimental repeated-measures study to identify effects of heart rate variability coherence biofeedback training and e...

In this dissertation, I explore the experience of living and practicing heart-mind coherence techniques as taught by the HeartMath Institute. What is the experience of individuals who have had heart-mind coherence training? How do they use these tools in their daily lives? This is a qualitative stud...

In this study the human being is presented as a dynamic system, that functions in continuously changing circumstances, aiming at balance. Self-regulating capacities can keep the human being in balance within the boundaries of the state of equilibrium, however when new or ’threatening’ ci...

Introduction and Background Since 2007, The Reformed Church in America (RCA) has offered employees the opportunity to participate in the Revitalize You program provided by HeartMath, LLC. McCarthy Actuarial Consulting, LLC (MAC) was retained by RCA to analyze their experience during 2007 and 20...

This study examined effectiveness of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedbackassisted stress management training in reducing anxiety and stress in pregnant women and the effect of maternal stress management skills practice on fetal heart rate measures in real time. Participants were seven working pr...

Student musicians were recruited to participate in an experimental repeated measures study to identify effects of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training and emotional self-regulation techniques on music performance anxiety (MPA) and music performance. Fourteen students were randomly assig...

In 2002, the University of Cincinnati Clermont College (UCCC) and the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium (GCTPC) formed a partnership to address the pedagogical needs of high school students in the area of mathematics in order to prepare them for entry into higher education. Over the past four...

Summary High school seniors who received a 3-week training in HeartMath learning enhancement skills demonstrated substantial improvements in test scores and passing rates on state-required Math and Reading tests. Students also experienced significant reductions in hostility, depression and other key...