{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "capturedAt": "2026-11-13T04:08:26.789Z",
  "sha256": "bb0a16dccb1773470edcd6e6d31f32d6a350f4db675128aedca11b34783d0b8c",
  "work": {
    "type": "RDN",
    "kind": "note",
    "key": "riedl-2026",
    "id": "TAP-RDN-0078",
    "locale": "en",
    "path": "/research/riedl-2026/",
    "title": "TAP reading note: Simply breathing anxiety away? A pilot, just-in-time ecological momentary intervention study of one-minute cyclic sighing versus box breathing as tools for acute anxiety reduction and attention promotion in real life",
    "description": "Both exercises were associated with less state anxiety than passive control at short follow-up. Box breathing reduced inhibition errors, while both exercises slowed responses. The anxiety comparison did not establish superiority of one exercise.",
    "rights": "© The Allostasis Project. All rights reserved. Reproduction or adaptation requires separate permission, subject to applicable legal exceptions.",
    "version": "1.0",
    "updatedAt": "2026-11-13",
    "editorial": {
      "contentType": "evidence-review",
      "reviewState": "draft",
      "reviewedAt": null,
      "reviewedVersion": null,
      "updatedAt": "2026-11-13",
      "version": "1.0",
      "byline": "team",
      "author": null,
      "reviewer": null,
      "workflow": {
        "ai": {
          "usage": "used",
          "system": "OpenAI Codex",
          "scope": "Assisted source-based writing and bilingual comparison; consulted materials and unresolved source issues are recorded in the reading notes.",
          "version": "1.0",
          "tasks": [
            "Literature comparison and evidence extraction",
            "Bilingual explanatory writing and source-linked tables"
          ]
        }
      },
      "revisions": []
    },
    "original": {
      "id": "riedl-2026",
      "title": "Simply breathing anxiety away? A pilot, just-in-time ecological momentary intervention study of one-minute cyclic sighing versus box breathing as tools for acute anxiety reduction and attention promotion in real life",
      "authors": "Elisabeth M. Riedl · Teresa Bracklo · Kathrin Wimmer · Johanna Perzl · Hans-Juergen Gdynia · Joachim Thomas · Janusz Surzykiewicz",
      "journal": "Anxiety, Stress, & Coping",
      "year": "2026",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2026.2659809",
      "doi": "10.1080/10615806.2026.2659809"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "id": "riedl-2026",
        "title": "Simply breathing anxiety away? A pilot, just-in-time ecological momentary intervention study of one-minute cyclic sighing versus box breathing as tools for acute anxiety reduction and attention promotion in real life",
        "authors": "Elisabeth M. Riedl · Teresa Bracklo · Kathrin Wimmer · Johanna Perzl · Hans-Juergen Gdynia · Joachim Thomas · Janusz Surzykiewicz",
        "journal": "Anxiety, Stress, & Coping",
        "year": "2026",
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2026.2659809",
        "doi": "10.1080/10615806.2026.2659809"
      }
    ],
    "sections": [
      {
        "id": "finding",
        "title": "What the study found",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Both exercises were associated with less state anxiety than passive control at short follow-up. Box breathing reduced inhibition errors, while both exercises slowed responses. The anxiety comparison did not establish superiority of one exercise."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "limits",
        "title": "Scope & limitations",
        "paragraphs": [
          "47 university students, 43 female; mean age 21.09 years. Attention analyses included 44.",
          "Small, mostly female student sample; self-reported adherence and expectations may influence findings. No physiological outcomes or long-term effects were measured."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "sample",
        "title": "Population & sample",
        "paragraphs": [
          "47 university students, 43 female; mean age 21.09 years. Attention analyses included 44."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "exposure",
        "title": "Exposure or intervention",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Within-person, randomly ordered everyday episodes: approximately one-minute cyclic sighing, box breathing or passive control."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "outcomes",
        "title": "Outcomes",
        "paragraphs": [
          "State anxiety and smartphone attention performance."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "duration",
        "title": "Time frame",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Post-assessment triggered five minutes after the initial anxiety questionnaire."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "funding",
        "title": "Research funding",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Postdoctoral Research Budget, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "conflicts",
        "title": "Research conflicts of interest",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Authors reported no potential conflict of interest."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "basis",
        "title": "Reading scope",
        "paragraphs": [
          "University-hosted published full text: methods, results, limitations and declarations. Supplementary videos and preregistration were not audited."
        ],
        "links": [
          {
            "label": "Published full text in the university repository",
            "url": "https://edoc.ku.de/id/eprint/36573/"
          },
          {
            "label": "Trial preregistration",
            "url": "https://osf.io/64u9x/"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}