The Korean Journal of Health Psychology
- KOREAN
- P-ISSN1229-070X
- E-ISSN2713-9581
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Psychological Effects of Yoga Program on somatization, anxiety and purpose in life for Women in Poverty
Abstract
The purpose of this study is not only to examine the usefulness of a yoga program, but also to prove its psychological effects for women in poverty who have currently undergone physical and psychological difficulties. Feminization of poverty has been severely progressed in Korea these days. In order to help women in poverty be self-supportive, they should be given social and psychological supports. Women in poverty need to maintain their physical and psychological health in order to enhance their self-support and self-healing abilities. The participants in this study were 16 middle-aged women (8 in the experimental treat group and 8 in the control group). They participated in a self-supportive assistant program sponsored by the K Self Sufficiency Promotion Agency in Seoul. The yoga program consisted of a twelve-week yoga series, of one and a half hour sessions, once a week which included postures, breathing exercises and relaxations techniques. The psychological test used for this study included the following : somatization, trait anxiety, and purpose in life. This study exhibited the following results. First, the yoga program significantly reduced somatization of the participating women. Second, the yoga program meaningfully decreased their trait anxieties. Third, the yoga program increased the meaning of life in a positive manner, however the increase was not statistically significant. In Korea, this study is important in that it is the first research on psychological effects of yoga program for women in poverty. The significance of the study proved that the yoga program consisted of postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques has been positively effected to the psychological change of women in poverty.
- keywords
- Yoga, Women in Poverty, Self-Supportive Assistant Program, Psychological Effects of Yoga, 요가, 빈곤여성, 자활사업, 요가심리적효과, 요가의심리적효과
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