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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF YOGIC EXERCISES IN NORMAL RURAL YOUTH

Jaiprakash & Rachna Singh

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to evaluate the effect of Yogic exercises on certain psychological and physiological measures in a pre-post design. Thirty normal rural youth who agreed to participate voluntarily, were selected randomly. Psychological assessment was done using Self-evaluation scale (An anxiety scale: for state, trait and free-floating anxieties), An adjustment scale, Beck depression inventory (B.D.I.), Eysenck personality inventory (EPI) and Immediate memory span. Normal rural youth were administered a battery of test before undertaking yogic exercises to establish the baseline and all the tests were repeated after undergoing yogic exercises for a period of 3 months. There were significant changes in all psychological variables. The physiological measures like pulse rate, respiration rate/per minute, diastolic and systolic blood pressure and breath-holding time/per minute were also measured before and after yogic exercises. There were significant changes in their pre and post treatment scores for all physiological measures.

Keyword: Psychological, Physiological, Yogic exercise, Rural Youth, Stress, Psychosomatic, Psycho-social, Cognition, Anxiety, Depression, Neuroticism & Extraversion.

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