Effect of Yoga and Meditation on Quality of Life and Anxiety Among Adolescents

Abstract

Objective: The Main Objective is to understand the predictors of quality of life and to find the effect of yoga and meditation on quality of life and anxiety among adolescents. 

Methods: For the present study the researcher collected a total sample size of 60. The sample was collected from the colleges of Nashik district (Maharashtra, India). The sample age group is between 16 to 19 years old males and females. For the intervention purpose, the participants for the experiment were selected by using the randomized sampling technique. The data were collected before and after yoga and meditation intervention at the end of the month. A specific Yoga module was administered to the intervention program for 30 days.

Results: In our results, the P value of Quality of life among adolescents is 4.89 and it’s significant at a 0.01 level of significance. And P value of Anxiety among adolescents is 3.73.and a P value is above the 0.01 level of significance which shows a significant difference between the pretest and post-test values of anxiety.

Conclusion: After this study, we conclude that one month’s yoga and meditation practice significantly improvement in quality of life and it will positively effect on the quality of life among adolescents. Also, the result shows that one month of yoga and meditation practice significantly reduced anxiety in adolescents.