The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of relaxation on stress and blood pressure of the college
students induced by a cognitive distress game. Methods: The subjects for this research were 18 individuals whose
stress index scores were below 4.0 (Asan city). The 18 subjects were divided into two, 9 students were assigned to the
experimental group and the other 9 students to the control group randomly. Survey was used to gather data to recognize
general characteristics and the level of stress and blood pressure were measured before and after cognitive distress
game and relaxation. The gathered data were analyzed with frequency, c2-test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test and
Mann Whitney U test using SPSS 14.0 program. Results: Both level of stress and blood pressure displayed a statistically
significant difference pre and post cognitive distress game. Relaxation had a statistically significant effect on level
of stress. Relaxation, however, did not have statistically significant effect on blood pressure. Conclusion: The above
results suggest that while relaxation was effective in reducing level of stress for college students, and therefore recommendable
as a means to deal with stress. However, to investigate the effects on physiological index such as blood pressure,
further research is needed.