Effect of Yogic Practices on Stress and General Mental Alertness among Asthmatic Women
Author : A Sathish Kumar, Dr. KS Sridhar, S Murugesan, Dr. R Elangovan and Dr. AM Moorthy
Abstract :
The purpose of the Random group experimental study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on stress and general mental alertness among asthmatic women. It was hypothesized that there would be significant difference in stress and general mental alertness. To achieve the purpose of the study, 30 asthmatic women from Chennai, aged between 35 to 50 years were selected randomly and divided them into two groups, one experimental group and one control group of 15 subjects each. Experimental group I underwent yogic practices for the period of eight weeks, six days per week of one hour basically, then slowly increased to Ihr and 15min. The control group II was not exposed to any specific training but in active rest. The pre-test and post-tests were conducted before and after the training for both the groups. Stress assessed through Latha Sathis's stress questionnaire and General Mental Alertness by Dr. R.P. Srivastava (Jabalpur) questionnaire. The data pertaining to the variables collected from the two groups before and after the training period were statistically analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to determine the significant difference and tested at 0.05 level of confidence. The results of the study showed that stress significantly decreased and general mental alertness significantly increased due to the influence of eight weeks training of yoga than the control group among asthmatic women. Hence, the hypothesis was accepted at 0.05 level of confidence. The conclusion was that yogic practices could be effective in decreasing Stress and increasing General Mental alertness among asthmatic women.
Keywords :
Yogic practices, asthmatic, stress, general mental alertness
