ANXIETY AND GENERAL HEALTH AMONG YOGA AND NON-YOGA PRACTICING ADULTS – SYMPTOMATIC UNDERSTANDING
Abstract
With globalization at the paramount, concern regarding the physiological and psychological aspects of nowadays individual is an area of interest for today’s researchers. In view of this contemplation the present study has been undertaken investigating the sample of yoga and non-yoga practicing adults in Bengaluru city aged between 20-40 years. The participants were selected using stratified purposive random sampling and General Health Questionnaire developed by Goldberg (1978) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) developed by Aaron T. Beck (1988) were administered to them. To meet the objective of the study general health among yoga and non-yoga practicing adults and anxiety among yoga and non-yoga practicing adults’ data were analyzed to understand and make observations regarding the prevalence of anxiety and general health symptoms among the selected participants. The results show that there is a significant difference in the symptoms among Yoga and Non-Yoga practicing adults on Anxiety and there is no significant difference in the symptoms among Yoga and Non-Yoga practicing adults on General Health. Keywords: Anxiety, General Health, Yoga and Non-Yoga practicing adults.
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