{"id":1173,"date":"2025-09-17T11:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:09:01","slug":"stress-science-aids-reconciliation-ufv-research-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/stress-science-aids-reconciliation-ufv-research-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress science aids reconciliation, UFV research study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Science of Stress and Chronic Disease to Facilitate Reconciliation in Canadian University Students. The purpose of t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/files\/2025\/09\/stress-woman-for-newsletter-image-august-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1174 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/files\/2025\/09\/stress-woman-for-newsletter-image-august-2025-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Stressed young woman with headphones sitting on a couch in front of a laptop, holding her head in frustration during an online math class, with formulas on a whiteboard and a smartphone recording her.\" width=\"127\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/files\/2025\/09\/stress-woman-for-newsletter-image-august-2025-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/files\/2025\/09\/stress-woman-for-newsletter-image-august-2025-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/files\/2025\/09\/stress-woman-for-newsletter-image-august-2025.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a>his study was to determine whether a stepwise reflection process that occurred over a 12-week period would result in attitudinal change and increased empathy regarding intergenerational trauma associated with the Indian Residential School System in a sample of Canadian health sciences undergraduate students. The study employed two forms of mixed methodologies: Two-eyed seeing and a quantitative and qualitative mixed methods approach. The results were based on the differences in reflection content at the beginning and end of a health sciences course, as well as the responses to six post-course questions. Twenty-one of 34 students agreed to participate (58.8%). The student reflections contained evidence of attitudinal change and increased empathy for Indigenous people affected by the Indian Residential School System. In conclusion, when attempting to implement reconciliation efforts, it may be important to consider both the mechanisms for fostering change as well as reducing barriers to empathy.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz, M. &amp; Andrews, L. (2025). Using the science of stress and chronic disease to facilitate reconciliation in Canadian university students. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 42(1), 91-109. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.63315\/cjnsoa.v42i1.2903<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/journals.brandonu.ca\/cjnsoa\/article\/view\/2903<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Michelle Andrus at tlcevents@ufv.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Science of Stress and Chronic Disease to Facilitate Reconciliation in Canadian University Students. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a stepwise reflection process that occurred over a 12-week period would result in attitudinal change and increased empathy regarding intergenerational trauma associated with the Indian Residential School System in a sample &#8230; <a title=\"Stress science aids reconciliation, UFV research study shows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/stress-science-aids-reconciliation-ufv-research-study-shows\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":1174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77,10,72],"tags":[33,68],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","category-research","tag-health-and-wellness","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}