Why the study?
Tai Chi Chuan has been investigated for its preventive role on negative emotions with demonstrated efficacy in healthy populations, but existing results remain inconsistent.
Does Tai Chi Chuan improve negative emotions (anxiety and depression) in non-clinical populations?
Does Tai Chi Chuan improve negative emotions (anxiety and depression) in non-clinical populations?
Supports Tai Chi Chuan as complementary therapy for anxiety and depression in healthy adults; reinforces non-pharmacological approaches in non-clinical populations.
Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) as a typical mind-body practice has been investigated for its preventive role on negative emotions and has demonstrated its efficacy in healthy populations. However, the results are not consistent. We performed a meta-analysis and systematically evaluated the effect of TCC on selected negative emotions (i.e., anxiety and depression). Fourteen experimental studies from three English-and two Chinese-language databases were evaluated. The results showed that the positive effects of TCC on negative emotions were moderately to largely significant. In addition, although TCC significantly improved negative emotions in both the young adults and the older adults, old adults benefited more from TCC than young adults. These findings suggest that TCC is a worthy complementary non-pharmacological resource towards depression and anxiety and, thus, has great implications for the public health domain.
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