The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotions
Abstract Objectives To assess (i) if teachers’ age or gender could predict their baseline levels of mental well-being and anxiety and any change after yoga. (ii) Whether mental well-being or anxiety changed following 15 days of yoga in primary school teachers. Primary school teachers took part in th...
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| author | Shirley Telles Sachin Kumar Sharma Ram Kumar Gupta Deepak Kumar Pal Kumar Gandharva Acharya Balkrishna |
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| description | Abstract Objectives To assess (i) if teachers’ age or gender could predict their baseline levels of mental well-being and anxiety and any change after yoga. (ii) Whether mental well-being or anxiety changed following 15 days of yoga in primary school teachers. Primary school teachers took part in this single group longitudinal trial (n = 302, group mean age ± SD; 41.8 ± 5.90 years). They received 240 min of yoga practice and 120 min of yoga theory each day. At baseline and after 15 days of yoga the assessments were (i) mental well-being (Warwick-Edinburgh scale) and (ii) state anxiety (Spielberger’s State Trait Anxiety Inventory). Results Gender acted as a significant predictor for mental well-being scores (P = 0.001) and state anxiety (P = 0.005) in the group at baseline. Females showed higher anxiety scores and lower mental well-being scores. Following yoga the teachers showed a significant increase in mental well-being by 5.84% and a decrease in state anxiety by 4.48%. Trial registration The trial was registered retrospectively (August 15, 2019; Trial Registration Number: ISRCTN90253431). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d2816e4537045769d1b2de4419d23e72022-12-21T23:11:16ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002019-10-011211510.1186/s13104-019-4737-7The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotionsShirley Telles0Sachin Kumar Sharma1Ram Kumar Gupta2Deepak Kumar Pal3Kumar Gandharva4Acharya Balkrishna5Patanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethPatanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethPatanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethPatanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethPatanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethPatanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali YogpeethAbstract Objectives To assess (i) if teachers’ age or gender could predict their baseline levels of mental well-being and anxiety and any change after yoga. (ii) Whether mental well-being or anxiety changed following 15 days of yoga in primary school teachers. Primary school teachers took part in this single group longitudinal trial (n = 302, group mean age ± SD; 41.8 ± 5.90 years). They received 240 min of yoga practice and 120 min of yoga theory each day. At baseline and after 15 days of yoga the assessments were (i) mental well-being (Warwick-Edinburgh scale) and (ii) state anxiety (Spielberger’s State Trait Anxiety Inventory). Results Gender acted as a significant predictor for mental well-being scores (P = 0.001) and state anxiety (P = 0.005) in the group at baseline. Females showed higher anxiety scores and lower mental well-being scores. Following yoga the teachers showed a significant increase in mental well-being by 5.84% and a decrease in state anxiety by 4.48%. Trial registration The trial was registered retrospectively (August 15, 2019; Trial Registration Number: ISRCTN90253431).http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4737-7TeachersYogaMental well-beingState anxiety |
| spellingShingle | Shirley Telles Sachin Kumar Sharma Ram Kumar Gupta Deepak Kumar Pal Kumar Gandharva Acharya Balkrishna The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotions BMC Research Notes Teachers Yoga Mental well-being State anxiety |
| title | The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotions |
| title_full | The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotions |
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| title_short | The impact of yoga on teachers’ self-rated emotions |
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| topic | Teachers Yoga Mental well-being State anxiety |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4737-7 |
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