EFFECT OF HATHA YOGA SADHANA ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG ANOREXIA SYNDROME TEENAGE GIRLS

Ms. M.GANGA; Dr. K.CHANDRASEKARAN

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

EFFECT OF HATHA YOGA SADHANA ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG ANOREXIA SYNDROME TEENAGE GIRLS

Ms. M. Ganga, Dr. K. Chandrasekaran

Abstract :

The present study was designed to find out the effect of hatha yoga sadhana on selected psychological variables among anorexia syndrome teenage girls. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences in anxiety and self concept among anorexia syndrome teenage girls due to the influences of hatha yoga sadhana . To achieve the purpose of the study, 30 anorexia syndrome teenage girls from Chennai city aged between 30 and 40 years. The Experimental group underwent hatha yoga sadhana for the period of 6 weeks of an hour in the morning. The control group was not exposed to any specific training but they participated in the regular activities. The pre–test and post–test were conduct before and after the training for three groups. 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 significance.