The effect of Yoga based Intervention on Mental Well-being and Emotional Stability of Adolescents

Abstract

This experimental study was undertaken to determine the impact of a yoga-based training intervention on the mental well-being and emotional stability of secondary school students. A sample of 120 adolescents were taken from secondary schools of Aligarh city. The total sample was divided into two groups 60 students were kept in each group. Mental well-being scale and emotional stability test were administered to both the groups. The students of experimental group were given opportunity to attend regular training sessions of yoga classes for two months while students of control group did not attend any such class. After the period of two months students of both the group i.e. control group and experimental groups were again tested for mental well-being and emotional stability. The comparative analysis of mean scores of students on mental well-being depicts a significant difference between the control group and experimental group. The mean score of students in experimental group (52.92) who attended yoga classes was higher than their counterparts in control group (50.42). The calculated ‘t’ value (3.95) for the difference between these two mean scores was found significant at .01 level. The similar results were obtained on emotional stability test i.e. a significant difference (t = 3.15) was observed between control and experimental groups after yoga-based intervention The outcomes of the research revealed that participation in the yoga-based intervention contributed positively and significantly to the improvement of students’ mental health and emotional steadiness