성인여성의 요가수련이 정신건강에 미치는 영향

초록

To study influences of adult women's Yoga training on their mental health and physical strength, we conducted a 16-week Yoga training class of 44 adult women at a women's cultural center in 'S' city, Kangwon province. The outcome of the test is as follows. Yoga for women training was very effective on their mental health. According to the test result, the women in their 30's did better than women in their 40s and 50s. There were no conclusive effects among the different age groups. We classified mental health into nine primary factors and yoga training was effective for somatization, obsessional neurosis, sensitiveness, melancholia, anxiety, and hostility but it was not for fear, paranoid disorder, and psychotic disorder. Only anxiety was distinguished from the other factors between ages, that is, anxiety was highly decreased for 30s in comparison with 40s and 50s.

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