Effect of Yoga on Emotional Stability and Mental Health of Hearing Challenged Adolescents

Abstract

The study was designed to examine whether practice of Yoga has a positive effect on the emotional stability and mental health of hearing challenged students. The sample consisted of 50 hearing challenged students drawn purposively from a Welfare Centre for Hearing Impaired, Sonipat. A Yoga training programme was designed and the subjects were exposed to it for a period of four weeks. The effects of yoga on emotional stability of hearing challenged students were measured by administering A. Sen Gupta and A.K. Singh‟s Emotional stability test for Children whereas effects on mental health were obtained by applying A.K. Singh & A.S. Gupta‟s Mental Health battery. The data was analyzed in terms of mean, S.D and t-test. The results indicate that on the whole the level of emotional stability and mental health of hearing challenged students improves after the practice of yoga. Hence, it can be concluded that yoga puts a positive effect on the mental health and emotional maturity of the practitioners. The study has its implications for school administrators, policy makers, parents, teachers, community leaders, and

rehabilitation workers.

 

Keywords: Emotional stability, Mental Health, Yoga & Hearing challenge students.