Exploring the Therapeutic Effect of Yoga to Enhance Psychological Well-being among Adolescent Girl Students
Madhu K. Gupta, Amool R. Singh
Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · pp. 13–19 · Published 10 Feb 2022
10.9734/jesbs/2022/v35i230402Abstract
Background: Globally, Yoga is known as the wealth of India, the most oldest and powerful interventional method to develop healthy physical, mental/psychological, and spiritual up liftmen. Aim: The present study’s aim is to see the role of yogic practices in enhancing psychological well-being among adolescent girl students. Methodology: A total of 60 unmarried adolescent girls were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, between the age group 13-15 years and randomly divided into 02 groups (30-30 in experimental and control group). A Checklist for Psychological well-being prepared by the researcher at RINPAS has been used to assess adolescents’ psychological well-being. All participants were assessed at the beginning (pre) and after 03 months (post). The experimental group received a structured yogic intervention program (techniques included Surya-Namaskara, Pranayama, and Yoga-Nidra; 24 sessions). Result: Result has found significant changes on experimental group participants on various domains of psychological well-being at 0.01 and 0.05 levels as compared to control group participants. Conclusion: The result found that yogic practice is quite effective to enhance psychological well-being among adolescent girl students. As an intervention yoga and its techniques have the potential to develop positive healthy mental health, self-awareness as well as mental relaxation.
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