Science and Research: Science Papers

Emotional freedom techniques (EFT) to Reduce Exam Anxiety in Turkish Nursing Students

Filed Under: 2019, Academic Performance, Anxiety, Brattberg, G, Inangil, D, Korpe, G, Nursing, Pilot Studies, Science Papers, Stress, Vural, P I

EFT significantly reduced exam anxiety. Almost half of the students were using some method of coping with anxiety and the most common methods were listening to music and breathing exercises. However, the initial anxiety level was quite high. State and trait anxiety levels, as well as exam anxiety, decreased, statistically significant, after the EFT sessions. At the end of three sessions of EFT, more than half success was determined in the subjective exam anxiety level.

The study was published in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine: Volume 32, December 2019, 101002

Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health

Filed Under: 2019, Bach, D, Church, D, Clinical Applications, Groesbeck, G, Meta-Analyses, Science Papers, Sims, R, Stapleton, P

This study explores the physiological effects of EFT on research subjects. The study had two aims. Firstly, to look at the effect of EFT across the central nervous system including heart rate variability, heart coherence, resting heart rate and blood pressure. It additionally measured cortisol levels and immune function using salivary immunoglobulin A (Sig A) measures.

Making Sense of Chronic Disease Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): An Existential View of Illness

Filed Under: 2020, Kalla, M, Robinson, A, Science Papers, Simmons, M, Stapleton, P

Physical diseases may be viewed as somatic metaphors of patients’ meanings and subjective stories, often referred to as “symbolic diseases. Assessing the psychosocial and existential aspects of an illness as a routine part of medical diagnostic procedures would be valuable for patients. EFT offers promise as a suitable therapeutic approach to help chronic disease patients make sense of their life stories and lived experiences, and consequently, symbolic meanings of diseases.The exploration of illness symbology and meaning-making may offer therapeutic value to patients, from both an existential and a health behaviors perspective.

Guidelines for the Treatment of PTSD Using Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques).

Filed Under: 2018, Boath, E H, Church, D, Feinstein, D, Guidance Papers, Mackay, D, Mollon, P, PTSD & Trauma, Science Papers, Sims, R

This paper recommends guidelines for the use of EFT in treating PTSD derived from the literature and a detailed practitioner survey. It has been reviewed by the major institutions providing training or supporting research in the method. The guidelines recommend a stepped-care model, with five treatment sessions for subclinical PTSD, 10 sessions for PTSD, and escalation to intensive psychotherapy or psychopharmacology or both for nonresponsive patients and those with developmental trauma. Group therapy, social support, apps, and online and telemedicine methods also contribute to a successful treatment plan…

Subjective Dimensions of Meaning in the Clinical Encounter: Unifying Personhood and Disease. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Filed Under: 2015, Christian, H, Pain and Physical Conditions, Quality of Life, Science Papers, Serious Disease

The practice of biomedicine operates within a restrictive model and worldview that reduces personal identity to the sum of its mind and body parts. Using the case examples of James, a 38-year old retail manager with testicular cancer, and Bjorn, a 37-year old business owner with gastro-esophageal reflux disease, this article aims to show the limitations of treating a person’s disease when only dualist/physicalist assumptions are available and to establish an alternative, holistic framework to adequately model energy psychology techniques…

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans

Filed Under: 2015, Alipour, A, Arefnasab, Z, Babamahmoodi, A, Babamahmoodie, F, Darabi, H, Ghanei, M, Noorbala, A, PTSD & Trauma, Research Reviews, Science Papers, Veterans

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A Survey of Energy Psychology Practitioners: Who They Are, What They Do, Who They Help

Filed Under: 2016, Feinstein, D, Guidance Papers, Science Papers

An online survey of the members of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) was completed by 294 of the organization’s 1,220 members (24%) in March 2016. The majority of respondents reported using acupoint tapping protocols as a core component in the successful treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, and depression.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) as a Practice for Supporting Chronic Disease Healthcare: A Practitioners’ Perspective

Filed Under: 2017, Kalla, M, Robinson, A, Science Papers, Serious Disease, Simmons, M, Stapleton, P

The objective of the present study was to explore Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) practitioners’ experiences of using EFT to support chronic disease patients. This was part of a larger study exploring chronic disease patients’ and EFT practitioners’ experiences of using EFT to support chronic disease healthcare.

Determining Highly Desirable Traits of an Effective Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner: A Delphi Study

Filed Under: 2017, Chatwin, H, Clinical Applications, Science Papers, Stapleton, P

This method is designed to achieve a consensus amongst skilled panelists when an accepted body of literature is lacking. A three-round modified Delphi approach was used and participants were skilled in delivering EFT as a practitioner

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Reduces Anxiety Among Women Undergoing Surgery

Filed Under: 2017, Anxiety, Aranha, D M S, Cutinho, S P, Science Papers, Thomas, R M

Anxiety is common in patients awaiting surgical procedures. It typically begins as soon as the procedure is planned and continues to the day of surgery. This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based method called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for anxiety among women undergoing obstetric and gynecological (OBG) surgeries.

Your DNA is Not Your Destiny: Behavioral Epigenetics and the Role of Emotions in Health

Filed Under: 2010, Church, D, Epigenetics, Science Papers

In a series of studies published in 2000 and later, researchers began to demonstrate the importance of epigenetic influences on gene expression. Genes might be silenced through methylation, or their expression facilitated by acetylization. A further step occurred when behaviors and psychological states were noted to regulate the activity of genes. A body of evidence has now been accumulated that assesses the specific genes affected by behavioral influences such as nurturing, by lifestyle interventions such as meditation, by emotions, and by alleviating psychological conditions such as depression, anxiety and PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder).

Measuring Physiological Markers of Emotional Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mind-Body Therapies

Filed Under: 2008, Church, D, PTSD & Trauma, Randomized Controlled Trials, Science Papers

The effect of emotional trauma on physiological functioning has been documented in a number of studies. Unresolved trauma, even 50 years subsequent to traumatization, has been correlated with higher rates of bone fractures, cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and other ailments.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Reduces Intense Fears: A Partial Replication and Extension of Wells, Polglase, Andrews, Carrington, & Baker (2003)

Filed Under: 2010, Anxiety, Baker, B S, Phobias, Pilot Studies, PTSD & Trauma, Science Papers, Siegel, L

Baker and Siegel conducted a follow-up study after a 1.4 years lapse between the time of the original testing and the follow-up. On most measures, the significant effects for the single session of EFT still persisted after this considerable lapse of time and were superior to the results for the two comparison conditions. It is striking that only one session of EFT could still show effects almost one and half years later. This can be said of very few interventions in the field of psychology.

Changes on Self-Report Measures of Public Speaking Anxiety Following Treatment with Thought Field Therapy (TFT)

Filed Under: Anxiety, Hartung, J, Schoninger, B, Science Papers, TFT (Thought Field Therapy)

Participants receiving TFT treatment showed decreases in public speaking anxiety and increases in positive measures related to anticipation of future public speaking experiences. Participants in the delayed-treatment condition showed no improvement while on a wait list, but after treatment showed similar effects on all measures.