Effect of Yogic Practices and Physical Exercise on Selected Physiological and Psychological Variables in Relation to Age and Sex of School Boys

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices and physical exercise on selected physiological and psychological variables in relation to age and sex of school boys. To achieve this purpose of study, sixty school boys of were selected. To achieve this purpose of study, sixty school boys of government higher secondary school from Perambalur District, Tamil Nadu, India were put under test. They were in the age group of 8 to 12 years & were selected as subjects at random. They were divided into three equal groups of each twenty subjects. They were to conduct different yogic practices. There are three types of school for yogic practices namely Thanthai Hans Roever Residential School of yogic practice group and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan School of yogic practice group and control group. The group I Thanthai Hans Roever Residential School of yogic practice, group II Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan School of yogic practice worked for five days per week for six weeks and group III acted as control who did not participate any special yogic practice apart from their regular day-today activities. The following variables namely vital capacity and assertiveness were selected as criterion variables. The assertiveness and study skill was assessed by spirometer and questionnaire by rathus assertiveness scale. All the subjects of three groups were tested on selected criterion variables at prior to and immediately after the training programme as pre and post test selection. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, among the groups on each selected criterion variables separately. In all the cases, .05 level of confidence was fixed to test the significance, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between Thanthai Hans Roever Residential School of yogic practice group and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan School of yogic practice group and control group on selected criterion variables such as vital capacity and assertiveness. There was an improvement as per the selected criterion variables namely vital capacity and assertiveness according to Thanthai Hans Roever Residential School of yogic practice and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan School of yogic practice.

Author Name : Dr. G. Suresh Kumar

Keywords: Yoga, Physical Exercises, Physiological, Psychological, School.