EFFECTS OF YOGA AND MEDITATION ON BODY IMAGE OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS
Mahendra Shashikant Bhandare, Ghansham K. Dhokrat
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR HUMANITY SCIENCE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE August 1, 2021 DOI: 10.21922/srjhsel.v9i46.6653 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Non-equivalent group design (quasi-experimental) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 40 |
| Population | Visually impaired boys aged 13 to 15 years from Pragati Andha Vidyalaya, Badlapur, Dist. Thane, Maharashtra |
| Intervention | Yoga meditation |
| Duration | 6 weeks of training (60 minutes daily); pre-test and post-test conducted around the training period |
| Measures | Body Image Inventory by Dr. T. K. Bera (2018) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The abstract states the study's purpose was to examine the effect of yoga meditation on body image in visually impaired children and describes the methods, but it does not report any results, effect direction, or statistical outcome. |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to know the Effect of Yoga Meditation on Body Image of visually Impaired Children. For this research researcher has select 40 boys (n= 40) aging 13 to 15 years from Pragati Andha Vidyalaya, Badlapur, Dist. – Thane, Maharashtra. Researcher has used the non-equivalent group design, Group A, (Yoga Meditation group n = 20) treated as experimental group and Group B (Non-Yoga Meditation Group N = 20) treated as a control group. Research has conducted in three phase, Phase I (Pre- test), Phase II (Training for 6 weeks), Phase III (Post Test). To know the status of Body Image, Body Image Inventory by Dr. T. K. Bera (2018) has been used. After posttest Group A (experimental group) has gone through the Integrated Yoga Meditation Training for 6 weeks for 60 min. daily. Post Test has been conducted after the 6 weeks training. All the score were analysis with the help of One- Way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA).
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |