Efeito do Reiki no bem-estar subjetivo: estudo experimental

Objective: Evaluate the effect of Reiki on subjective well-being of people seeking this therapy. Methods: Experimental study conducted with 60 subjects were allocated to intervention (Reiki) and control groups (induction concentration without energy manipulation). We used the Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo, which had the mean scores of its three dimensions - life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect - compared between groups by submitting them to the Student's t test with level 5 % of statistical significance. Results: After follow-up of 21 days and submitted to three therapeutic sessions, Reiki enhanced the positive affect scale (p = 0,01) of indivuduals without, however, influence negative affect dimensions and life satisfaction of subjective well-being.Conclusion: Reiki enhances the positive effect of subjective well-being of people seeking this therapy.Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto del Reiki en el bienestar subjetivo de las personas que buscan esta terapia. Métodos: Estudio experimental llevado a cabo con 60 individuos que fueron asignados a los grupos de intervención (Reiki) y control (concentración de inducción sin manipulación de la energía). Se utilizó la Escala de Bienestar Subjetivo, que tenían las puntuaciones medias de sus tres dimensiones -satisfacción con la vida, afecto positivo y afecto negativo- comparadas entre los grupos sometiéndolas a la prueba de la t de Student con un nivel 5% de significación estadística. Resultados: Después de un seguimiento de 21 días y sometido a tres sesiones terapéuticas, Reiki aumentó la escala de afecto positivo (p = 0,01) de los individuos sin influir, sin embargo, en las dimensiones afecto negativo y satisfacción con la vida del bienestar subjetivo. Conclusión: El Reiki aumenta el efecto positivo de bienestar subjetivo de las personas que buscan esta terapia.Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito do Reiki no bem-estar subjetivo de pessoas que buscam essa terapia. Métodos: Estudo experimental conduzido com 60 indivíduos que foram alocados em grupos de intervenção (Reiki) e de controle (indução de concentração sem manipulação energética). Utilizou-se a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo, que teve as médias dos escores de suas três dimensões - satisfação com a vida, afeto positivo e afeto negativo – comparadas entre os grupos, submetendo-as ao teste t de Student com nível de 5% de significância estatística. Resultados: Após seguimento de 21 dias e submissão a três sessões terapêuticas, o Reiki potencializou a dimensão afeto positivo (p = 0,01) dos indivíduos sem, no entanto, influenciar as dimensões afeto negativo e satisfação com a vida do bem-estar subjetivo.Conclusão: O Reiki potencializa o afeto positivo do bem-estar subjetivo de pessoas que buscam essa terapia

The relationship established between Reiki therapy and the subjective well-being mediated by social representations

O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar o impacto da terapia Reiki no bem estar subjetivo e suas representações sociais em uma universidade pública do Rio de Janeiro. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa, com abordagem experimental, apoiado na Teoria de Representações Sociais. O grupo estudado foi composto de 60 sujeitos que não tiverem acesso à terapia anteriormente entrevistados antes e depois de três sessões de Reiki. Os dados foram coletados através de quatro instrumentos: questionário de identificação dos sujeitos, questionário de representação social do Reiki, questionário de evocação livre e escala de Bem estar Subjetivo. A análise dos dados foi realizada com estatística descritiva e inferencial com o software SPSS 19, análise estrutural e análise de conteúdo das representações sociais, a partir do software EVOC. Os sujeitos participantes são do sexo feminino (88,33%); nível superior (76,66%); discentes de ensino superior e médio e enfermeiros (48,34%); está empregado (56,67%); renda pessoal inferior a R$1.000,00 (41,67$ 1,000.00 (41.67%); single (61.67%); lives alone (68.33%); have steady companion (68.33%); without disease (58.33%); use of non-conventional therapy (63.33%); has religion (88.33%) and Catholic religion (33.33%) and evangelical (21.67%). As to the search of Reiki before and after, two categories emerged from six with greater frequency, which are the balance of mental health, before (35.44%) and after (50.65%) and balance of physical health, before (16.46%) and after (27.27%). Regarding the representational structure of Reiki, the possible central nucleus of two groups analyzed was composed by the words energy, relaxation and tranquility, configuring it as a functional dimension and positive Reiki and not showing variation of representation before and after the completion of therapy. The experimental study presented as results in experiment I: no statistically significant difference in positive affective dimension, with higher scores in the group of subjects who received the Reiki therapy compared to those who did not. In experiment II: no statistically significant difference in the dimension negative affection, with higher scores in the group of subjects who received information from Reiki associated with religiosity compared to those who received other types of information. Moreover, in experiment III: in the dimension positive affection, it was observed that all the scores are totaled, pointing to a widespread effect and unspecific of realization of Reiki and the information on the positive affection, except regarding the information on spirituality that presented inversion of averages. In negative affection it is observed that all scores decreased, pointing to a generalized and nonspecific effect the completion of Reiki and the cognitive dimension score averages of the variables before and after the experimental manipulations are virtually not changed. It is concluded thatReiki therapyfavoredthe maintenance ofenergy balanceby users, through relaxation, tranquility and positive feelings, thus providing healthy psychological effects, nurturing and fortifying the energy fieldof the users who participated in the study

Reiki effect on subjective well-being: experimental study

Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto del Reiki en el bienestar subjetivo de las personas que buscan esta terapia. Métodos: Estudio experimental llevado a cabo con 60 individuos que fueron asignados a los grupos de intervención (Reiki) y control (concentración de inducción sin manipulación de la energía). Se utilizó la Escala de Bienestar Subjetivo, que tenían las puntuaciones medias de sus tres dimensiones -satisfacción con la vida, afecto positivo y afecto negativo- comparadas entre los grupos sometiéndolas a la prueba de la t de Student con un nivel 5% de significación estadística. Resultados: Después de un seguimiento de 21 días y sometido a tres sesiones terapéuticas, Reiki aumentó la escala de afecto positivo (p = 0,01) de los individuos sin influir, sin embargo, en las dimensiones afecto negativo y satisfacción con la vida del bienestar subjetivo. Conclusión: El Reiki aumenta el efecto positivo de bienestar subjetivo de las personas que buscan esta terapia.RESUMO: Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito do Reiki no bem-estar subjetivo de pessoas que buscam essa terapia. Métodos: Estudo experimental conduzido com 60 indivíduos que foram alocados em grupos de intervenção (Reiki) e de controle (indução de concentração sem manipulação energética). Utilizou-se a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo, que teve as médias dos escores de suas três dimensões - satisfação com a vida, afeto positivo e afeto negativo – comparadas entre os grupos, submetendo-as ao teste t de Student com nível de 5% de significância estatística. Resultados: Após seguimento de 21 dias e submissão a três sessões terapêuticas, o Reiki potencializou a dimensão afeto positivo (p = 0,01) dos indivíduos sem, no entanto, influenciar as dimensões afeto negativo e satisfação com a vida do bem-estar subjetivo. Conclusão: O Reiki potencializa o afeto positivo do bem-estar subjetivo de pessoas que buscam essa terapia.ABSTRACT: Objective: Evaluate the effect of Reiki on subjective well-being of people seeking this therapy. Methods: Experimental study conducted with 60 subjects were allocated to intervention (Reiki) and control groups (induction concentration without energy manipulation). We used the Escala de Bem- Estar Subjetivo, which had the mean scores of its three dimensions - life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect - compared between groups by submitting them to the Student's t test with level 5 % of statistical significance. Results: After follow-up of 21 days and submitted to three therapeutic sessions, Reiki enhanced the positive affect scale (p = 0,01) of indivuduals without, however, influence negative affect dimensions and life satisfaction of subjective well-being. Conclusion: Reiki enhances the positive effect of subjective well-being of people seeking this therapy

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data