Yoga and Cognitive Behaviour Techniques for Academic Stress and Mental Wellbeing among School Students.
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2010-04
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There are many stressors acting upon school children. Today in the era of increasing
competitiveness,a child is overloaded with daily living stresses, and he lives a tight rope
existence trying to cope up with the tremendous pressures from all institutions, whether it
is school, family or society. These are resulting in various stress related ailments and
psychological problems, which poses threat and challenges for the physical as well as
mental wellbeing of the school going children. The present work was an attempt to measure
one of the major source of stress,i.e. academic stress and mental wellbeing of a sample of
school children and then to provide an intervention plan for a selected group of students
who are having high academic stress and poor mental wellbeing. Certain specific Asanas,
Mudras and Pranayams of Yoga were combined with some specific techniques of Cognitive
Behaviour therapy (C.B.T.) to reduce the academic stress and to enhance the mental
wellbeing of the selected group of school children. The results have shown a significant
relief from academic stress and significant improvement in the mental wellbeing of these
children. Detailed methodology and results are discussed in this paper. This paper
highlights the efficacy of Yoga in combination with certain techniques of C.B.T. in enhancing
overall wellbeing of school children.
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Academic stress, yoga, cognitive behaviour therapy
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Sharma Vibha, Shrivastava Smita, Malhotra S, Singh Ravinder, Singh Tej Bahadur. Yoga and Cognitive Behaviour Techniques for Academic Stress and Mental Wellbeing among School Students. Delhi Psychiatry journal. 2010 Apr; 13 (1): 75-78.