Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
THE YOGIC INSIGHT
ISSN: 2582-9076
(A PEER REVIEWED REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL)
COMMITMENT LEVEL OF ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR YOGIC LIFESTYLE
PRABHA VIG
SAPNA NANDA
BHARTI GOEL

Abstract

Administered questionnaires to adolescents studying in senior secondary schools of Chandigarh to determine relationship of Yoga with commitment. 100 students participated in the study. The adolescents’ were assessed by using a scale developed by investigators themselves. It was a 26-item scale prepared under 3 dimensions viz, commitment as learner, commitment to achieve excellence and commitment to basic human values. The research findings observed that yoga stimulates commitment of students by contributing towards enhanced self-esteem, self-confidence, energy levels, control on fear and anxiety and so on.

Keywords : Commitment, Yoga, Adolescence, Human Values, commitment as learner, commitment to achieve excellence and commitment to basic human values