Lis Tomlin, LMHC listomlin@gmail.com Using Acudetox to Reduce Stress in College Students: A Brief Intervention Strategy for College Counselors Lis Tomlin, LMHC listomlin@gmail.com
Purpose of Study Examine the effect of a one-time, brief intervention of NADA on overall perceived stress in college students
Research Design Quantitative Quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest Within subjects design, no control group One time NADA treatment of 45 minutes Multivariate repeated measures ANOVA Research Design
Variables IV= 1 time, 45 minute NADA treatment DVs = nominal scores on The Acudetox Record (ATR), collected three times for each participant Pretest Posttest Follow-Up Setting: rural, public university in southwest state
Participants (n=23) Grade Major Initially, n=34 Undergraduate freshman = 9 Undergraduate sophomores =5 Undergraduate juniors = 4 Undergraduate seniors =2 Graduate students =3 11 identified as first generation Nursing=4 Business=3 Psychology=3 Health & Exercise Science=3 Education=3 Counseling (Grad)=3 Biology=2 Theater=`1 English=1
The Acupuncture Treatment Record Amended from The Acupuncture Treatment Record, developed by Dr. Libby Stuyt in 2001 14 symptoms The Acudetox Treatment Record (ATR) Cronbach’s alpha ranged from .801-.769 = High Internal Consistency 10 symptoms Sleeping Eating Headache Depression Anxiety Anger Concentration Energy Emotional stress Physical stress The Acupuncture Treatment Record
Results ANOVA indicated a statistically significant effect, Wilks’s Λ = .298, F(2, 21) = 24.695, p < .001, multivariate η2= .702. Pairwise comparisons reveal that there statistically significant differences among the pairs. The ATR Pretest differs significantly from both the ATR Posttest (M=7.087, SD=1.123, p<.001), and ATR Follow-up (M=8.217, SD=1.253, p<.001). There are no significant differences between the ATR Posttest and the ATR Follow-up.
The bottom line… These results suggest that there is a relationship between the perceived levels of stress and the brief, one-time NADA acudetox intervention. Students endorsed a reduction in perceived stress symptoms after their acudetox intervention and even a few days later.