Influence of yogic practices on selected physiological and psychological variables of adolescents boys

Abstract

To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty adolescent boys from Coimbatore were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 12 to 16 years. The subjects (n=30) were randomly assigned to two equal groups as yogic practices (YP) and control group (CG) in an equivalent manner. The competitive sport anxiety inventory – 2 was used to measure cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence. A sphygmomanometer was used to measure the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. A biomoniter was used to measure the heart rate. To find out the difference between the two groups analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used. The yogic practices group showed a decreased level of cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, heart rate and increased level of self confidence than the control group owing to the training effects of yogic practices. In case of diastolic blood pressure and systolic blood pressure there was no significant difference between yogic exercises and control group.