Center of Creating Well Being Efficiency and Effectiveness by Dharma Practice together with Biofeedback innovation

Abstract

The aims are 1. to study the Dharma practice which affects the stress level by measuring with GSR2 bio-feedback. 2. to study the experience of Dharma practice that influences stress levels by measuring with GSR2 bio-feedback. and 3. to propose the baseline of the Thai stress level of the GSR2 bio-feedback tool. which will be the guideline of the Health Center in using as a standard measure to be efficient and effective. This is quasi-experimental quantitative research. which measures stress levels with the innovative GRS2 bio-feedback device. both in the skin electrical resistance (ohm) and the time to enter the mental state calm (minutes) according to the temperature and humidity of body. The research population is both the monarch and laymen who are students. staff. personnel who study or work in various courses. and those who practice Dhamma at Chulalongkorn Rajawittayalai University. Wangnoi campus. PhraNakhon Sri Ayutthaya province. as well as novice monks and students at the meditation center of Sutthiwararam Temple. Bangkok. The population are randomly selected into a sample group of 180 images / person. which divided into 3 groups of conditions are. equally 60 monk/person; 1) Groups who practice Dharma 1-2 times 2) Groups that practice Dharma 3-10 3) Groups that practice Dharma more than 10 times. 

The research found that

Most of the sample groups are aged 30-35 years and exist in all groups. But the samples younger than 30 years old can only be found in the 1-2 practice group conditions; as well as the sample aged over 55 years and found only in the practice group more than 10 times.

The sum and outcome of each condition group with different Dhamma practicing experience proved statistically significant. Dharma practices cause stress levels to drop. Whether measured by the electrical resistance (ohm) and the timer to enter a state of calm (minutes), all give consistent results that Dharma practice affects the level of stress.

The comparison of stress levels between groups with different experiences There was a statistically significant difference only when measured by the time form of entering a state of calm in post-test results. The group that has practiced Dhamma more than 10 times will spend the least time to enter the state of mind ( =2.2 minutes). The second is the group that has 3-10 practice of meditation ( =2.8 minutes). while the group with 1-2 practice will spend the most time to enter the state of mind ( =3.1 minutes). The results show that Dhamma experiences have different effects on stress levels.