Research Paper : The Effect of Scalp Massage Applying Aromatherapy in Stress Alleviation in Female College Students

Kwon, Young Suk; Lee, Ju Young

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2009;15(4):1409-1418.
Published online December 31, 2009.

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Research Paper : The Effect of Scalp Massage Applying Aromatherapy in Stress Alleviation in Female College Students

Young Suk Kwon, Ju Young Lee

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of scalp massage applying aromatherapy in stress alleviation in female college students, using HRV (Heart Rate Variability), VAS (Visual Analogue Stress). Its subjects were the female college students in Seoul and Kyunggi province area who have more than five core points of VAS. The subjects were 60 people, who were classified into experimental group of 20 people, control 1 group of 20 people and control 2 group of 20 people. The result of study is summarized as follows. Also, in the case of result on VAS, it reported that there was meaningful difference (p<.05) considering the big decrease by 4.39 from 5.89 to 1.50. What is more, there was a big decrease effect(p<.05) of 38.4 from 88.65 to 50.25 in the result of general stress figure using stress scale. Consequently it identified the scalp massage applying aroma therapy is effective in stress alleviation and that is more effective in stress decrease than control 1 group which performed just scalp massage and control 2 group which took just rest. Such above results confirmed that scalp massage using aromatherapy is a significant mechanism which influence stress decrease. In particular, considering that the synergy effect was high when applying aroma therapy comparing with scalp massage only, it also proved that it is necessary to use aromatherapy to decrease stress.

Key Words: Scalp Massage, Applying Aromatherapy, Stress Alleviation