Krasinski’s Masters Research
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What was the conclusion?
Higher resilience levels emerged from the data when positive coping strategies werefound and utilized early on in childhood. The researcher concluded that a person had higher PTGI score related to childhood experiences when the person had an awareness of the event and took time to reflect on it during childhood.
This information serves as a facilitator that a more positive outcome may be related to three factors: phase of life in which awareness and reflection occurs, utilization of specific coping strategies and duration of the utilization of those said strategies. The data above directs to a significant point that all three items (constant exercise, healthy diet and motivation)that may easily be dismissed when faced with adverse situations. On the other hand, personality characteristics and sense of purpose were found to be core to a person to keep them positively moving forward.
The research supports the notion that the ability to re-regulate with positive coping strategies is an important concept in resiliency as a dynamicprocess. The less resources available for someone to utilize, the more the person may turn tofood to cope with, especially if they grew up in an isolated and unhealthy environment. If a person can consistently and quickly become aware of an obstacle and confront the obstacle in a positive manner, then the chances of a more positive outcome will be higher.
Rotating Research Article Review
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What was the conclusion?
This study demonstrated that 6 weeks of whole-body HIIT significantly improves heart rate variability and reduce the resting heart rate when comparing to a non-exercising control group in insufficiently active adults. Thus, whole-body HIIT provides an effective and manageable exercise alternative to improve cardiovascular autonomic function, which is associated with a reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
What type of HIIT did they do?
The whole-body HIIT program consisted of four exercises: burpees, mountain climbers, jumping jacks, and squats. Participants were requested to perform these exercises in this order and on all-out intensity for 10 s, interspersed by 20 s of jogging at low intensity (self-paced). All exercises were repeated twice. In addition, 2 min of warm-up, cool-down with jogging at low intensity (self-paced), and leg stretching were performed. During all sessions, participants were supervised by the researchers and received strong verbal encouragement to ensure that they performed with their maximal effort.