Impact of Yogic Practices on some Psychological variables among Adolescents

A group of 30 boys and 20 girl aged between 16 to 18 years and similar in educational standard and economic status were tested on seven psychological variables, viz; self- concept aggressive reactions to frustration, tolerance, Ahimsa, Truth fullness, Faith and Fidelity. The group was them divided in two having equal number of boys and girls of similar characteristics on these variables. One group (Experimental) was given yogic practices of Asanas, Pranayam and yogic Jogging for 15 days daily for 1:30 hours in the morning while the other group (control) was set free to adopt their original life style. At the end of 15th day both the groups were tested on seven psychological variables. It was found that the subjects of experimental group receiving yogic practices have significantly high scores on Self-concept, Tolerance, Ahimsa, Truthfulness, Faith and Fidelity but low on Extragression and Ego defence and high on Obstacle- Dominance, Need Persistence and Introgression of aggressive reactions to frustration as compared to their scores on these variables before start of the yogic practices. There was no significant change in scores of control group of subjects on these variables. Yoga is a science. It is a part of Rig-Veda a holy book in India written millions of year ago. That is the reason, India has a glorious history of yoga