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EFFECT OF YOGA ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF YOUNG WIDOWS
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EFFECT OF YOGA ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF YOUNG WIDOWS
A RANDOMISED CONTROL STUDY |
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| Contributor |
Kambhampati Subrahmanyam and Prabha S Chandra
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| Subject |
Health
Psychological aspects Yoga Young women |
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| Description |
India has the highest prevalence of widowhood in the world calculated at newline34 million out of 245 million widows in the world. About 40 per cent of these newlinewidows are less than 50 years of age. One of the most distressful life events is newlineloss of a spouse, which leads to consequential psychological problems. Studies newlinehave shown that widows have high levels of grief, anxiety, depression and newlineloneliness, along with somatic symptoms.Yoga has been used as a means to reduce stress that can help in reducing newlinedepression and anxiety disorders, insomnia and other psychological ailments. newlineMany studies have shown that yoga improved mental health of women.Aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of yoga on psychological aspects newlineof young widows at Kakching town in Manipur.Eighty subjects, who agreed to participate in the study, were randomly allocated newlineinto two groups of equal size (40+40). Inclusion criteria included (a) young newlinewidows and, (b) age below 50 years. Exclusion criteria: (a) Substance abuse, (b) newlineConcurrent treatment with psychotropic drugs or psychotherapy outside study, newline(c) Pregnancy and breast-feeding women, (d) Recent bereavement of less than 6 newlinemonths, (e) Critical health implications, and (f) surgery less than six months.Randomized control trial (Yoga and wait list control groups). Eighty subjects newlinewho consented to participate in the study and who satisfied the inclusion and newlineexclusion criteria were randomly allotted into two groups. newline — |
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2018-10-12T08:53:12Z
2018-10-12T08:53:12Z PhD/04/Res/Jan09 2014 — |
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Ph.D.
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| Identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10603/218465
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English
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university
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159p.
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Bangalore
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Sansthana Department of Yoga and Life Sciences |
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University
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