Impact of Yoga Nidra Meditation on Perceived Stress and Self Regulation in Teacher Trainees
Shalini Lakshmipathy, Veena Easvaradoss
International Journal of Indian Psychology September 1, 2018 DOI: 10.25215/0603.049 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 70 |
| Population | Women teacher trainees aged 21 to 23 years from two Colleges of Education in Chengalpet and Chennai |
| Intervention | Yoga nidra meditation |
| Duration | 20 sessions, three sessions per week, each session 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Yoga nidra meditation significantly decreased perceived stress in teacher trainees who received the intervention compared with a control group. The abstract reports this effect for perceived stress; results for self-regulation are not stated. |
Abstract
The present study investigates the practice of yoga nidra meditation as an effective strategy for addressing the perceived stress and self regulation of teacher trainees. In this study, purposive sampling was used and the sample was drawn from two Colleges of Education in Chengalpet and Chennai. The sample consisted of 70 women students of whom 35 were in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. The age range was between 21 years to 23 years. The mean age of the experimental group was 21.83 years (SD = 0.86). The mean age of the control group was 21.89 years (SD = 0.83). The yoga nidra intervention module, which consisted of 20 sessions, was administered to the experimental group. There were three sessions per week with each session lasting for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Psychological tests were used to measure perceived stress and self-regulation. These tests were administered before and after the intervention to both the groups. The results showed that Yoga nidra meditation significantly decreased perceived stress in teacher trainees who underwent the intervention compared to a control group.
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 |