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Anxiety and depression related to yog nidra among professional students
Abstract
Background
Anxiety is one's response to stress. Its symptoms can be psychological, physical, or environmental challenges. Depression is a common mental disorder that presents with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feeling of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration. Yog nidra is probably the best known technique to induce complete physical and emotional relaxation.
Aim
The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of yog nidra for reducing anxiety and depression among first-year professional students.
Materials and Methods
The level of anxiety was measured by using State, Trait, and Free-Floating Anxiety Scale developed by Tripathi and Rastogi (1986). The Hindi version of Beck Depression Inventory by Arora and Prashant (1988) was used to assess the depression level of participants. The study was conducted in three phases. In Phase-1 (preintervention), data were obtained from 201 students. In the Phase-2 (intervention phase), the participants were selected on the basis of high scores on the measures of anxiety and depression and divided into intervention (28 students) and non-intervention groups (30 students). The intervention group was given yog nidra training regularly for 5 weeks. Posttest was conducted after 5 weeks of the intervention.
Results
The results showed a reduction in mean scores on the measures of anxiety and depression within the intervention group but not in the nonintervention group, which indicated the effectiveness of practicing yog nidra for reducing anxiety and depression and its positive effects among professional students.
Conclusion
A dramatic effect of practicing yog nidra was observed among students for reducing anxiety and depression.
... In order to protect themselves against terror, a person experiences anxiousness. [3] Students who suffer from anxiety may feel nervous before class, panic, lose focus during an exam, feel helpless when working on projects, or show little interest in challenging material. Physiological signs of anxiety include sweaty palms, an accelerated heartbeat, and others. ...
... Physiological signs of anxiety include sweaty palms, an accelerated heartbeat, and others. [3] Behavior intended to cause hurt or damage to someone or something, acting as a stand-in for that personal target, is considered aggressive. Aggression is the behavior meant to inflict injury or damage to someone or something that is serving as a substitute for the personal target. ...
... [6] Adolescence is a critical stage of life, a time of maturation, adaptability to life's reality, dramatic changes, and a unique era full of challenges. [3] Yoga is a primary discipline that primarily concentrates on the individual's physical and mental well-being. Yoga integrates all aspects necessary for self-realization and achieving a healthier lifestyle. ...
Background and Aim: Stress, anxiety, and aggression are very common in school-going children. It is manageable through lifestyle modifications. This trial evaluated the efficacy of Yoga Nidra on stress, anxiety, and aggression levels in school-going children. Methods: 40 students participated in this trial. They were divided into two groups viz. control group (n=20) and the experimental group (n = 20). For four weeks, the experimental group engaged in daily Yoga Nidra practice for 25 min. The Control group didn't change their lifestyle. Questionnaire methods were used to assess stress, anxiety, and aggression. One-way ANOVA made all intergroup comparisons. A comparison of data before and after Yogic practice in each group was made using a t-test. Results: Stress, anxiety, and aggression levels decreased significantly in the experimental or Yoga Nidra group. The Control group showed no significant difference. Conclusion: Results obtained from the data analysis of the 30-day Yoga Nidra intervention show that the intervention helps reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Aggression Levels in School-Going Children.
Ministry work can be gratifying, but it also carries a risk of increasing the overall stress and decrease quality of life of ministerial employees due to various factors such as crucial paperwork, excess workload, lengthy processes, etc. To fill this gap, the advanced meditation technique (cyclic meditation) was used as an intervention for three months in this research.
Aim & objectives: To assess the level of stress, quality of life and physiological variables of Ministerial employees.
Materials & methods: A total of 104 ministerial employees (male and female) ranging in age from 21 to 45 years were selected. Ministerial employees were conveniently split into two groups: experiment (n = 52) and control (n = 52). SPSS software was used to analyze the data. Paired and unpaired sample t-tests were applied to analyze the data
Results: Results showed that After three months of cyclic meditation, there were statistically significant improvements in reducing overall stress at (p<0.01) level in the experimental group, also significant differences in overall stress levels between the experimental and control groups at (p<0.05) level and improves quality of life at (p>0.01) level.
Conclusion: Hence 3-month cyclic mediation intervention shows significant improvements in measures of overall stress levels among Ministerial employees.as per results can conclude that advance meditation (CM) is an healing intervention for reduce stress levels and enhance quality of life. Further investigation of meditation for the prevention and treatment of stress-related disease and of the underlying mechanism is warranted.
Keywords: Advance Meditation Technique, Ministerial Employees, Cyclic Meditation, Stress and Quality of Life, Respiratory Rate, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate, Weight, BMI, Breathe Holding Time.
The concept of ‘chakras’ is gaining surplus attention from West
as an alternative to their paradigm of knowledge in psychology and as
alternative form of therapy, ‘Chakra Cleansing or balancing’. The
concept of chakra is ingrained in ancient Indian scriptures draped under
themes such as Tattvas, Nadis, Kundalini, Sarira Traya, etc. In order
to mine a comprehensive model of chakra, critical analysis and
distillation from the ancient scriptures and literature is made in this
paper. Through the model, the author wishes to provide a basis for tool
development to measure the functioning of chakras. Moreover, to aid
therapists in designing a standardised alternative therapeutic technique
which is holistic in nature.
Keywords-Tantra, Chakras, Yoga, Kundalini, Nadis
Mental health is becoming more of a public health concern.
As mental health problems rise around the world, and current medical
treatments prescribed are ineffective to get people to a level of mental
well-being, there is an imperative need for effective mental health
promotion initiatives. Yoga is becoming increasingly popular as a
means of improving mental health because it has few negative
effects. Yoga promotes mental and physical health through a variety
of physical and mental exercises. The methods include numerous
yoga poses that attempt to maintain the body healthy on a physical
level. Breathing exercises and meditation are among the mental
disciplines used to control the mind. Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja
Yoga, and Jnana Yoga are the four major directions that yoga takes.
The goal of this study is to explore and evaluate the significance
of yoga practices in attaining, maintaining, and enhancing mental
health
The present study examines the effects of yoga nidra on the physical and psychological health of middle-aged individuals. Y oga nidra is a powerful relaxation and meditation technique derived from traditional yoga . A group of 100 male participants aged 35-45 years from Varanasi City were recruited for this study. They were examined with physical and psychological health measures, and they were then introduced to a training program for practicing yoga nidra . The training program was scheduled for 12 weeks, 5 days a week. The training program was introduced to the participants over approximately 60 minutes in the morning for three months. The process of yoga nidra was taught by a yoga expert. The participants were divided into two groups: experimental and control. Both groups were given pre- and post-tests. Results indicated positive effects of yoga nidra on the physical and psychological health of middle-aged participants as a result of this three-month-long training program.
Mental disorders comprise a wide range of mental health problems with different symptoms. The most of the mental health disorders can be successfully treated with proper treatment and care by health facilities. The yoga founders were great saints and sages from India. The great Yogis presented rational interpretation of their experiences of yoga and brought about a practical and scientifically sound method within every one’s reach. Yoga nidra effectively provides impact on stress, anxiety levels, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms like rage and anxiety and increased feelings of relaxation and peace after yoga nidra as a therapy.
Background
World statistics for the prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders shows that a great number of individuals will experience some type of anxiety or mood disorder at some point in their lifetime. Mind–body interventions such as Hatha Yoga and seated meditation have been used as a form of self-help therapy and it is especially useful for challenging occupations such as teachers and professors.
Aims
In this investigation, we aimed at observing the impact of Yoga Nidra and seated meditation on the anxiety and depression levels of college professors.
Materials and Methods
Sixty college professors, men and women, aged between 30 and 55 years were randomly allocated in one of the three experimental groups: Yoga Nidra, seated meditation, and control group. Professors were evaluated two times throughout the 3-month study period. Psychological variables included anxiety, stress, and depression.
Results
Data analysis showed that the relaxation group presented better intragroup results in the anxiety levels. Meditation group presented better intragroup results only in the anxiety variable (physical component). Intergroup analysis showed that, except for the depression levels, both intervention groups presented better results than the control group in all other variables.
Conclusions
Prepost results indicate that both interventions represent an effective therapeutic approach in reducing anxiety and stress levels. However, there was a tendency toward a greater effectiveness of the Yoga Nidra intervention regarding anxiety, which might represent an effective tool in reducing both cognitive and physiological symptoms of anxiety.
Stress is a cognitive or emotional response made by the individual towards any situation, which demands adjustment. When the demands of the situation exceed the ability of the individual distress results, which may manifest in mental and physical symptoms of abnormality. The practice of Yoga nidra helps in building up the coping ability. The practitioner of Yoga nidra slowly becomes aware of the inherent dormant potentialities and thus prevents himself from becoming a victim of distress. As well as relaxation of yoga nidra relaxes the physical as well as mental stresses as it relaxes the whole nervous system.
Stress-related disorders evolve gradually through four stages. In the first stage, psychological symptoms like anxiety and irritability arise due to over activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
Yoga nidra can be consider as a highly effective practice for reducing stress on the basis of the present study as Yoga nidra releases the stress of the students of higher classes. Practice of Yoga Nidra also reduces the Anxiety of male and female subjects both. It may have positive results for the other age groups and occupations also.
Emotional insecurity, stress, depressive or/and anxiety symptoms are common with variable severity among patients with menstrual disorder. Yogic relaxation therapy (Yoga Nidra) leads to conscious and subconscious recognition of these underlying psychological factors and helps releasing of suppressed conflicts.
To evaluate the effect of Yoga Nidra on anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with menstrual disorders.
Subjects were recruited from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S.M. Medical University (erstwhile KGMU), Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India. The subjects were randomly divided in to two groups: Intervention group (with yogic intervention) and control group (without yogic intervention). Assessments of all subjects were carried out by administering Hamilton anxiety scale (HAM-A) and Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D) at baseline and after six months.
The mean age with S.D of the intervention group was 27.67 ± 7.85 years, and for control group was 26.58 ± 6.87 years (among completed intervention group nn = 65 and control group nn = 61). There was significant reduction of scores in HAM-A (P<0.003) and HAM-D (P<0.02) respectively in subjects with mild to moderate anxiety and depressive symptoms after six months of yoga therapy (Yoga Nidra) in intervention group in comparison to control group.
The patients with mild to moderate anxiety and depressive symptoms improve significantly with 'Yoga Nidra' intervention. There is no significant improvement in the patients with severe anxiety and depressive symptoms.
The present study aims at finding out the effect of Yoga nidra on stress and anxiety on college going students. The study conducted at the Yoga clinic of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. Practice time was 30 min the duration was 6 months. 80 students were taken from P.G. Yoga classes for observing the effect as well as 30 was in control group. The result shows a significant change in the practice group, as Yoga nidra positively decrease the stress level of the male and female subjects. Several other studies prove Yoga nidra equally influences anxiety level significantly in both male and female subjects.
Anxiety symptoms are relatively common among children and adolescents and can interfere with functioning. The prevalence of anxiety and the relationship between anxiety and school performance were examined among elementary, middle, and high school students.
Samples of elementary (N = 131, age 8-10 years), middle (N = 267, age 11-13 years), and high school (N = 80, age 14-16 years) children were recruited from four public schools in a predominantly middle-class community in Catania, Italy. Children completed the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC). T-scores were computed for the MASC total scores, and considered to be in the anxious range if 65 or above. Current academic grades were obtained from school records.
Of the 478 children, 35 (7.3%) had a MASC T-score in the anxious range. The rate of children in the anxious range was 2.3% in elementary, 7.9% in middle, and 15.9% in high school (chi2 = 7.8, df = 2, p < 0.05), and was 14.1% among students with insufficient grades, 9.4% among those with sufficient grades, and 3.9% among those with good or very good grades (chi2 = 11.68, df = 2, p < 0.01).
In this community sample of children and adolescents attending elementary through high school, the prevalence of abnormally high self-reported levels of anxiety increased in frequency with age and was negatively associated with school performance.
Attending a university for the first time can be a stressful experience for many new college students. This study examines the relationships among femininity and masculinity, depressive symptomatology, levels of stress, and the types of coping strategies used by college freshmen. Results of this study suggest that these variables were related uniquely for first-year college students. Masculinity and femininity significantly predicted problem-focused coping, and femininity significantly predicted emotion-focused coping. Further, the levels of family and college stress reported by college students, as well as their endorsement of avoidant coping, significantly predicted their levels of depressive symptoms. Overall, the results of this study suggest that understanding the relationships among the gender role, the levels of depressive symptomatology, and the levels of stress exhibited by college freshmen may be important in facilitating their transition and adjustment to university life.
The mental health of university students is an area of increasing concern worldwide. The objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among a group of Turkish university students.
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-42) completed anonymously in the students' respective classrooms by 1,617 students.
Depression, anxiety and stress levels of moderate severity or above were found in 27.1, 47.1 and 27% of our respondents, respectively. Anxiety and stress scores were higher among female students. First- and second-year students had higher depression, anxiety and stress scores than the others. Students who were satisfied with their education had lower depression, anxiety and stress scores than those who were not satisfied.
The high prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms among university students is alarming. This shows the need for primary and secondary prevention measures, with the development of adequate and appropriate support services for this group.
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Depression and anxiety in college students
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Beck Depression Inventory
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