Biodots: Help or Hype

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Biodots Help or Hype?

• Julie Hurley, Alaina Kent, Missy Mast Chrissy
  Plenge
• Culver-Stockton College

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Motivation

• Test the effectiveness of stress relief
  techniques.
• Test the effectiveness of Biodots.

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Biodots
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Previous Research

• Fehring (1983). Effects of Biofeedback-aided
  relaxation on the psychological stress symptoms
  of students.

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Hypothesis

• Individuals who utilize relaxation techniques
  will perform better on the measurement assessment.

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Method

• Participants- 36 Culver-Stockton students
• Procedure- Test 1 used to norm students.
• Test 2 used to stress students.
• Test 3 used to measure stress coping
  mechanism.

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Results
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Figure 1
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Discussion

• Difference in effectiveness of different stress
  relief devices.
• Why did Biodots fail to reduce stress?

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Remarks

• Suggestions for further research