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INFLUENCE OF NADA YOGA ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG MEN ADOLESCENTS

. Mr. K. S. ARVIND and Dr. J. SARAVANAN


Abstract

The purpose of the study was designed to examine the influence of nada yoga on selected physiological variables namely anxiety and aggression among men adolescents.  For the purpose of the study, thirty men students from the Centre for Yoga Studies, Annamalai University were selected as subjects.  They were divided into two equal groups.  each group consisted of the fifteen subjects.  Group I underwent nada yoga practices for three days per week for twelve weeks.  Group II acted as control who did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular physical education programme. The following variables namely anxiety and aggression were selected as criterion variables.  All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected dependent variables at prior to and immediately after the training programme. The analysis of covariance was used to analyze the significant difference, if any among the groups. The .05 level of confidence was fixed as the level of significance to test the ‘F’ ratio obtained by the analysis of covariance, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between nada yoga practices group and control group on anxiety and aggression. And also it was found that there was a significant change on selected criterion variables such as anxiety and aggression due to nada yoga practices

KEY WORDS: NADA YOGA, ANXIETY, AGGRESSION, MEN ADOLESCENTS

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