Emotion Regulation Effect of Baduanjin on College Students A Pilot Event-Related Potential Study on Late Positive Potential

• Published in: World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 408 - 413
• Main Authors: Gu, Qiang, Hu, Qing-Chuan, Wei, Yu-Long, Chen, Kevin, Dong, Jing-Jing, Li, Shen-Yi, Wang, Wei-Wei, Zheng, Yi-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2021; School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China%School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China%Center for Integrative Medicine,University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore,MD,USA; Internal Medicine Department,The First People's Hospital of Dongcheng District,Beijing%ENNOVA Institute of Life Science and Technology,ENN Group,Langfang; Faculty of Physical Education,ShenZhen University,Shenzhen%Massage Department,Beijing Changping District Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Beijing,China; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Anxiety; baduanjin; Care and treatment; College students; Demographic aspects; Depression, Mental; emotion; event-related potential; Health aspects; Methods; mind–body exercises; Psychological aspects; Qigong; China; qigong; emotion; event-related potential; Baduanjin; mind–body exercises
• ISSN: 2311-8571; 2589-2894
• DOI: 10.4103/wjtcm.wjtcm_43_21

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the emotion regulation effect of Baduanjin Qigong on college students. Methods: The late positive potential (LPP) components were recorded while performing emotional pictures from 12 college students with Baduanjin Qigong experience and 12 with no experience of any mind–body exercises. Results: Under positive emotional stimuli, greater LPP amplitudes were observed in the experimental group in the frontal, central, and temporal areas than in the control group. Under negative emotional stimuli, greater LPP amplitudes were found in the experimental group in the prefrontal area and smaller amplitudes in the occipital area than in the control group. Conclusion: The results reveal the emotion regulation effect on the event-related potential of Baduanjin Qigong to college students. The findings suggest that the regulatory effect of Baduanjin Qigong on emotional stimulation may be a possible reason for reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety.