Possible Applications of Flotation -REST and its Effects on Human Psychophysiology Regarding Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://psychkont.osu.cz/fulltext/2021/PAJK_21_1_Kavkova_Malus.pdf" target="_blank" >https://psychkont.osu.cz/fulltext/2021/PAJK_21_1_Kavkova_Malus.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/PsyX.2021.12.0001" target="_blank" >10.15452/PsyX.2021.12.0001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Possible Applications of Flotation -REST and its Effects on Human Psychophysiology Regarding Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Original language description

The study is a summary of the knowledge of the Flotation REST technique and its effects on stress, anxiety and depression from the point of view of psychophysiology. Flotation REST is a specific form of relaxing environment invented in the 1950s which has been researched in particular in the fields of psychology and physiology. It is a hydrotherapeutic device that utilizes the effect of environmental stimulation restriction. Hence the abbreviation REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique). In our country, the technique is usually used in spa centers and wellness facilities. In foreign research, in particular in the USA, Canada and Sweden, Flotation Rest has proved to be a unique method in the field of applied psychophysiology. It is a technique with predictable psycho‑ physiological effects, a useful application tool that could help in the treatment of certain somatic as well as mental conditions. The goal of this article is to summarize the effects of the method both on the physiological and psychological levels regarding stress, anxiety and depression, and to increase the awareness of this technique in view of its development and potential applications.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50102 - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities);

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Psychologie a její kontexty

ISSN

1805-9023

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

5-21

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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