A study on the stress reduction effect of reading aloud the book using HRV

Abstract

Since stress is the source of all illnesses, stress reduction is very important for modern people. Book-reading is a very effective method of reducing stress. In this paper, we tried to find out whether reading aloud the book is helpful for stress reduction and the stress reduction effect according to the reading aloud duration. The experimental method was measured before and after reading aloud the book and compared to Standard Deviation N-N Interval (SDNN), and the SDNN change was measured during reading aloud several times to confirm the relationship between reading aloud the book and stress reduction. The experimental results showed that SDNN levels increased after reading aloud the book in all experiment participants. In addition, SDNN levels increased as most experiment participants performed reading aloud several times. Through these experimental results, we confirmed that reading aloud the book is a very helpful method for stress reduction in modern people, and the longer the reading aloud time is, the more helpful it is for stress reduction. © International Research Publication House.