Comparative study of psychological well-being in Adults Practicing and Non-practicing: Effects of Yoga and Meditation (original) (raw)

Analysis of Well Being of People Practicing Yoga

International Journal of Indian Psychology

Background: De-stressing for achieving a sense of well being has become an absolute necessity for people to reduce psycho-somatic disorders. The degree to which one experiences control over one’s response to life events will have a buffering effect for adverse life events and will enhance wellbeing. Subjective wellbeing indicates how people evaluate their lives in terms of feelings of wellbeing or the lack of it. Yoga helps in significant reduction of stress, contributing to a feeling of better wellbeing. Aim: This study analyses the effect of yoga on subjective well being of people. Research Design: Survey method was adopted for the study. Sample: Consisted of 100 randomly selected yoga practitioners. Tools used: They were interviewed using a questionnaire consisting of 13 subjective well being parameters (OECD, 2013), with three responses, scored as 3, 2 and 1. Subjective Well Being Index (SWBI) was worked out as the sum of the scores of the parameters. The data was analyzed throu...

Effect of Yoga on Psychological Well-being and Mental health in Students

The main purpose of this study was to find out the mean difference between psychological well-being and mental health among with yoga and without yoga student. The total sample consisted 80 as a variation belonging to 40 with with yoga students and 40 without yoga students. The research tool for psychological well-being was measured by Bhogle and Prakash (1995) and translated in to Gujarati by Suvera (2001) and mental health was measured by D. J. Bhatt and Geeta R. Geeda (1992). To check the significant difference between group t-test was applied and to check correlation between variables Karl person correlation method was used. Here t-test used result revealed psychological well-being is a not significance difference and mental health is a not significance difference. While the correlation between psychological well-being and mental health reveals 0.16 positive correlations.

Effect of yoga on Happiness and Mental Health among aged male and female

Background: Mental, Physical health and Happiness are important factors as it affects almost every aspect of life and determines what activities or every single task one emerges in or not, and the likelihood of which task or activity one is able to complete successfully. The conceptual background of yoga has its origins in ancient Indian philosophy. There are numerous modern schools or types of yoga each having its own distinct emphasis regarding the relative content of physical postures and asanas, (pranayama), deep relaxation, and meditation practices that cultivate awareness and ultimately more profound states of consciousness. Yoga Provides us peace of mind, Good mental health, energize and balance of our body ultimately leads to a sense of self control, Provide us good mental health and Happiness. Title: The present research makes an attempt to ascertain the Effect of yoga on Happiness and Mental Health among aged male and female. Sample: The sample of 120 aged male and female were selected purposefully. Instruments: The present study takes into consideration the two psychological tests. First was Oxford Happiness questionnaire which was made by Oxford University and second was Mental Health Inventory (MHI), developed by Bhatt and Gida. Statistical Techniques: The data was analyzed by using t Test (Pre test and Post test) and correlation. Result: Result shows highly Impact of yoga on Happiness and mental Health among aged male and female. Here Positive correlation between Happiness and Mental Health.

Effect of Short-Term Yoga Practices on Psychological General Well Being in Medical Students

Journal of Evolution of medical and Dental Sciences, 2013

Yoga is assuming importance in improving mental health and quality of life and in the treatment of a number of psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. Medical students are foundation of the medical profession; hence they must be aware of the alternative and adjunct therapy for the betterment of their patients. One of the most beneficial alternative therapies is Yoga therapy. Medical students must know how yoga is useful for their patients. Keeping this objective in mind, the present study was conducted on medical students to make them aware what yoga is and to encourage them to incorporate yoga in their life and to use it for the benefits of their patients as an adjunct to the medicinal treatment. The study was conducted on healthy medical students (21 males and 15 females) of age group 17-21 years in the department of physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, and Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, Indore. After obtaining an informed consent; and satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the psychological well being of the subjects was assessed by "Psychological General Well Being Schedule Score (Sajatovic 2003)" on the first day before the subjects started yoga practices. The students performed the yoga practices in the morning for one hour, six days in a week, for four weeks under expert's observation. The yoga practices consisted of Prayer, Omkar recitation, asana, and Pranayama. Psychological well being was assessed using the same schedule score on the last day of yoga programme. Data thus collected were compiled, tabulated and analyzed by using students' 't' test. There was highly significant improvement in psychological well being of the students as denoted by p value of <.0.001. Conclusion: There is a marked improvement in the psychological well being scores of the students after performing short-term yoga practices. By extending these results we suggest that short-term yoga practices can therefore make an appreciable contribution to primary prevention as well as management of various psychological and life style diseases.

Mental and Physical Health Study of Yoga Practitioners and Non-Practitioners

Good health is a fundamental human right of every individual. Yoga has always been considered to contribute a good health. The present study attempted to compare adult participants (N=100, age: 18-35 years) comprising 50 yoga practitioners and 50 nonpractitioners from the residential areas of Punjab state in India for their mental and physical health status. World Health Organization quality of life scale (WHOQOL) was administered to all participants to find out status of various health facets. Obtained data were treated to one-way ANOVA statistics. Yoga exercise practitioners reported comparatively sound sleep, enhanced energy level, and overall general health wellness. Analysis of the scores revealed the significant differences (F(1,98)=70.37, p<.01) between the yoga practitioners and nonpractitioners groups. Yoga practices' benefits were explored across the nine facets of mental and physical health. This study clearly shows that yoga practice improves the mental health of the people.

Impact of Yoga & Meditation on Psychological Pattern of University Students: A Scientific Paradigm

IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267), 2017

To improve the quality of life, there has been the search of strategies for handling stress, and subjective well-being. These explorations have led us to ancient disciplines such as Yoga, which combine the physical elements of a healthy lifestyle with mental peace. It integrates the personality by bringing body-mind-soul coordination in a well-balanced way. The present paper is aimed to create awareness of the need of regular practice of Yoga and Meditation among the matured group of students at university level which will certainly help to improve the qualities of their mind for not only worldly achievements and success in life but also in attains, the ultimate goal of life which is spiritual upliftment. This scientific study compared 'impact of yoga alone and yoga with meditation on alteration of psychological profile of university level students. It was predicted that practitioners' psychological wellbeing would vary as a function of their parameters like stress, ESP, PSI-Q, and Working Memory. Result was statically analyzed using null Hypothesis. The experimental results are very optimistic in that yoga & meditation combined practice can alter an individual's social, self, physical and emotional wellbeing .It also indicates that practitioners with yoga with spiritual intentions reported significantly higher psychological wellbeing compared with practitioners doing yoga alone.

Yoga and Meditation for Self-Empowered Behavior and Quality of Life

Quantifying Quality of Life. Incorporating Daily Life into Medicine, 2022

Quality of life (QoL) is defined for the purposes of this chapter along the World Health Organization (WHO) definitions as an individual’s physical and psychological health, their social relationships and the environment in which they live [1]. According to the criteria used in the Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB) questionnaire, the main contributing factors to an individual’s QoL are well-being criteria such as happiness, vitality, calmness, optimism, involvement, self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-worth, competence, development, purpose, significance, self-congruence and connection [2]. The importance of an individual’s spirituality and personal beliefs for their well-being, QoL and health status have been largely confirmed through numerous scientific studies [3, 4]. Personal beliefs are what an individual believes to be the truth, or the beliefs that define their individual worldview [5]. Additionally, individuals have a tendency to believe that others “feel, think and act” as they do [5]. Personal beliefs [6] are crucially linked to individual wellbeing and the individual’s “engagement to explore—and deeply and meaningfully connect one’s inner self—to the known world and beyond.” [7] This definition focuses on a personal search for meaning and exploration of QoL [7]. The definition provided by WHO the focuses on the “person’s personal beliefs and how these affect quality of life”.

A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF GENDER AND YOGA ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF MIDDLE AGE ADULTS

This present research paper is an attempt to find out the effect of gender and yoga on psychological well-being of middle age adults. For this purpose, the sample was consisted of 150 male and female subjects of age range 30-40 years, who were randomly selected from yoga centers, walking parks and offices. These subjects were further consisted of three groups of yoga practitioner (yoga practitioner, 505Ss; morning walkers, 50Ss and late wakers, 50Ss). Each group of yoga practitioners was further consisted of two gender groups; they were Male 25Ss and females, 25Ss. In this way a 3x2 factorial design was employed with 25Ss in each cell. The psychological well-being of subjects was measured by PGI General Well-being scale constructed by Dr. Santosh K. Verma and AmitaVerma. Obtained data were analyzed by mean, SD and ANOVA. The results indicate that yoga was found to be significantly influencing psychological well being of adult subjects and gender was not found to be effective on psychological well being of adult subjects significantly.

Evidenced study general wellbeing hath yoga

IJSC, 2017

Introduction: Well-being is a positive outcome that is meaningful for people and for many sectors of society, because it tells us that people perceive that their lives are going well. many indicators that measure living conditions fail to measure what people think and feel about their lives, such as the quality of their relationships, their positive emotions and resilience, the realization of their potential, or their overall satisfaction with life—i.e., their “well-being.”1, 2 Well-being generally includes global judgments of life satisfaction and feelings ranging from depression to joy.[3, 4] According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, mental illness is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or behavior associated with distress and impaired function. [5] It could refer to one or more mental disorders at a time. Mental illness is a global public health concern. According to the World Health Organization, one out of four (25%) persons is affected with some kind of mental illness.[2] The prevalence of mental disorders is higher in developed countries, but the global burden of untreated mental disease is higher in developing nations.[6,7] Eighty percent (80%) of the population suffering with mental illness lives in low-and middle-income (LAMI) countries.[6,8,9,] The presence of mental illness does not affect only the individual and his personal, social, educational and occupational life, but it also makes his entire family to suffer from negative consequences.[10,11] Aim: The purpose of this study is “To assess the efficacy of Selective hath yogic Practices onGeneral Wellbeing of mankind”. Method: For this study we had selected randomly 50 Sanskrit students with age ranging between 18 to 26 years of age. Practicing 51 minute/ day yogic intervention particularly and only those students were considered who were willing to participate in such type of practices. The students are male and almost equal in the term of education, mental status, socio economic status and types of work. Then at the initiation of practice 0th day pre-data was collected by team on general wellbeing questionnaire given by N. N. Wig and S. K. verma(P.G.I. Chandigarh, General wellbeing questionnaire, 1973) and at the end of session on 45th day of intervention post data was taken by the same. Result: According to obtained data we found that there was statistically significant difference at 0.01 levels between pre-and post conditions in the level of General wellbeing of the adults. This reveals the effectiveness of Hath yoga practices in enhancement of General wellbeing in special reference of adults. Conclusion: finally, we can firmly state that Hath yoga practices can play an efficient role in the enhancement of positive General wellbeing in the adults. Keywords:General wellbeing, Positive general wellbeing, Hath yoga.

Effect of Meditation on Psychological Well-being

Background: Relaxation achieved through meditation can play a major role in achieving psychological wellbeing for people. Psychiatrists and psychologists are incorporating training in meditation in their psychotherapy practice. Regular meditation can reduce the number of symptoms experienced by patients with a wide range of illnesses and disorders. Aim: This study analyses the effect of meditation on the psychological well-being of people. Research Design: Survey method was adopted among a sample of 50 students from Sri Sarada College of Education for Women, Tirunelveli, who attended a meditation class and continued meditation for three months. Tools used: Data was collected using a questionnaire on the psychological well-being before and after meditation, quantified as the sum of scores of well-being parameters (OECD, 2013). The data was analysed through t test and regression. Results: The results show that students experience better well-being through meditation. The mean well-being a score of the students before mediation was 65.4 % of the maximum attainable score, which increased to 81.7 % of the maximum score after meditation for three months, with a statistically significant difference between them. Regression analysis shows that the score of six well-being parameters contribute to 76.7 % of the variation in the psychological well-being a score of students after meditation, with the parameters, namely, calmness, relaxation, tension and worry having a statistically significant influence on well-being. Among them, relaxation and reduction in tension achieved by the students through meditation have comparatively more influence on their well-being. After three months of meditation, 96 % of students report either maximum or high level of relaxation, while 64 % experience either minimum or no tension. Conclusion: Students are able to achieve better psychological well-being through meditation for a period of three months when compared to before practicing meditation. Relaxation and reduction in tension achieved through meditation exert more influence on well-being. It will be worthwhile to conduct research by yoga and meditation centres and disseminate the results to the public for better acceptance of such relaxation techniques.