INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOGA TRANSFORMATION EFFECT ON LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS AND MINDFULNES IN INDIVIDUALS PLAYING YOGA
Büşra Erul, Ülviye Bilgin, Emre Bağcı
The Online Journal of Recreation and Sport September 23, 2023 DOI: 10.22282/tojras.1324631 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 236 |
| Population | Adult yoga practitioners; 36 males and 200 females, average age 36.25 years, average height 166.40 cm, average body weight 60.06 kg |
| Interventions | meditation breathing exercises |
| Measures | Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale (YSES), Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression |
| Key findings | The authors report significant differences involving the Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale and its Body, Mind, and Breath sub-dimensions, and applied multiple linear regression to test the effect of yoga's transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress, and mindfulness. The abstract is truncated, so the direction and magnitude of these relationships are not reported. |
Abstract
Nowadays, it is seen that individuals often do yoga as a way to improve their physical and psychological health with the pursuit of feeling good. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship of yoga transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulnes (Conscious Awareness) in individuals who practice yoga. A total of 236 subjects voluntarily participated in the study, 36 males and 200 females, with an average age (36.25 years), height (166.40 cm) and body weight (60.06 kg), respectively. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale (YSES) with three sub-dimensions (Body, Mind and Breath) and the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) were administered to the participants. In addition, with the personal information form, it was questioned how many years yoga was practiced, whether meditation and breathing exercises were done. SPSS 22.0 package program was used for statistical analysis. In the analysis of the data, t test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used to determine the relationship between the variables. In addition, multiple linear regression analysis was applied to determine the effect of yoga transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness. As a result of the analyses, significant differences were found between YSES and its sub-dimensions (p
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