The Effects of Yoga Practice on Stress Responses

This study aims to examine the effects of yoga practice on stress responses including anger and anxiety, in order to provide valuable information to people who were practicing yoga and clinician dealing with patients' stress related diseases. The participants in this quasi-experimental study were 48 female employees (22 in treatment group and 26 in waiting-list control group) of a department store. The subjects in treatment group participated 9-week yoga program in which they had to attend 75-minutes yoga class once a week and practice another 2 sessions in their residences. The psychological tests used in this research included the following: the Life Experiences Survey, Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Stress Response Inventory. Results indicated that yoga group had relatively lower state anger than the control group after treatment. There was improvement in another stress responses parameters like reduction in tension, fatigue, and perceived somatic symptom after yogic practices. There were no significant differences between groups in terms of anxiety, aggressiveness, or depression. The results of this study indicated that yoga has positive effects on stress by mitigating anger as well as relieving physical responses such as tension and weariness. Therefore, it can be suggested that yoga will be intentionally used as a means of coping with stress and improving quality of life.

keywords: yoga, stress, anger, anxiety, stress responses, yoga, stress, anger, anxiety, stress responses, 요가, 스트레스, 분노, 불안, 스트레스 반응

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Vol.10 No.4

The Effects of Yoga Practice on Stress Responses

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