Abstract
Objective:
We used archival data originally collected using a quasi-experimental design to analyze inhibition, emotional regulation, working memory, and cognitive flexibility before and after an intervention of a coherence training program incorporating heart rate variability biofeedback.
Method:
Sixty-three participants, ages 7 to 14 years, were involved in the study: 30 in the treatment group and 33 in the control group. Split-plot analysis of variance (SPANOVA) was used to assess the impact of the intervention for the 4 dependent variables.
Results:
SPANOVA yielded no significant differences among inhibition, emotional regulation, working memory, and cognitive flexibility in response to the coherence training intervention.
Conclusions:
Future research in this area would benefit from the use of more objective measures of executive functioning. Qualitative assessment of child-reported symptomatology and treatment acceptability on the part of students and staff would also be an area for future research.
Keywords: Coherence, cardiac, children, emotional disturbances, students
Abstract
Objetivo:
utilizamos datos de archivo recopilados originalmente usando un diseño cuasiexperimental para analizar la inhibición, la regulación emocional, la memoria funcional y la flexibilidad cognitiva antes y después de la intervención mediante un programa de adiestramiento de coherencia que incorpora bioretroalimentación de la variabilidad de la frecuencia cardiaca.
Método:
se incorporaron al estudio sesenta y tres participantes con edades comprendidas entre 7 y 14 años de edad: 30 en el grupo del tratamiento y 33 en el grupo de control. Se utilizó un análisis de varianza de parcela dividida (Split-Plot Analysis of Variance, SPANOVA) para evaluar el impacto de la intervención para las cuatro variables dependientes.
Resultados:
el SPANOVA no sacó a relucir diferencias significativas entre la inhibición, la regulación emocional, la memoria funcional y la flexibilidad cognitiva en respuesta a la intervención de adiestramiento de coherencia. Conclusiones: las inves-tigaciones futuras en esta área se ben-efciarían del uso de mediciones más objetivas de funcionamiento ejecuti-vo. La evaluación cualitativa de la sintomatología notifcada por el niño y la aceptabilidad del tratamiento por parte de los estudiantes y el personal podrían ser también un área para futuras investigaciones.
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