Effect of Integrated Yoga on Emotional Dimensions of the Participants in Svyasa
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: BACKGROUND: \nSkill to monitor one’s own and others’ thinking and actions is termed as \nEmotional intelligence \n(EI). \n[1] \nPsychological dimensions of EI are emotional sensitivity, emotional maturity and emotional competency which motivate \nparticipants to recognize, interpret and handle the dynamics of their behavioral pattern. \nOBJECTIVE: \nTo assess the effect of the Integrat \ned Yoga module (IYM) on emotional dimensions of the participants in \nSVYASA. \nMATERIALS AND METHODS: \nThe study includes 40 subjects between 20 \n- \n60years of age selected from health home of \nSwami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) University, Bang \nalore for IYM. \nEQ test developed by Prof N. K. \nChadha used to assess the EI was given to all the subjects on admission to S \n- \nVYASA. All the subjects of this study participated \nin \nIYM \nfor a week \n. After one week of IYM, same questionnaire was given to partici \npants. \nSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS: \nMeans, standard deviations, Paired t test were used for analyzing the data with the help of SPSS \n16. \nRESULTS: \nEQ analysis (n=40) showed significant increase ( \nP \n<0.05) in emotional quotient and maturity (r=0.403, 0.341 \nrespecti \nvely), with significant decrease in sensitivity (r=0.482). Competency was also found to be increased, but was not \nfound to be statistically significant. \nCONCLUSION: \nThe present study suggests that \nIYM \ncan result in improvement in maturity and competency d \nimensions of \nEQ aiding in \nemotional balance and reasoning
Authors: Sindhu R, Karthiyanee Kutty, Vinutha Shankar M S
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3034576005