Influence of Yogic Practices on Selected Psychological Variables among Middle Aged Men

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on selected psychological variables of middle aged men. To achieve the purpose of the present study, forty middle aged men from Madurai, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 30 to 45 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups of twenty middle aged men each. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects (N=40) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of twenty each. The groups were assigned as yogic practices and control group in an equivalent manner. The group I underwent yogic practices and group II acted as a control group. The experimental group participated the practices for a period of eight weeks and the control group did not participated in any practices programme. Anxiety was assessed by Spielbergers trait anxiety questionnaire and stress was assessed by Everly and Girdano’s questionnaire. Paired ‘t’ test was applied to test the significance of mean gains made in each of the variables by the two groups. The yogic practices group produced significant improvement in psychological variable