Abstract
The aim of the present study was to focus on the relationship of Spirituality with Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Yoga practitioners. The sample of 40 male and 40 female yoga practitioners from Hubli-Dharwad constituted the sample for study. The DASS and FACIT Spirituality scales were administered. The results revealed a Significant relationship existing between Spirituality and Depression (r=-.54; P<.01), Spirituality and Anxiety ( r=-.28; P<.01) Spirituality and Stress ( r=-57;P<.01). Further Regression analysis revealed the significant contribution of factors like reading journal monthly, marital status and income to Anxiety, journal reading, Marital status, visiting websites of Yoga and income significantly contributed to Depression and finally reading journal, income contributed to Stress of Male and Female Yoga practitioner. The social implications of findings are discussed.
Highlights
The results revealed a Significant relationship existing between Spirituality and Depression (r=-.54; P
Further Regression analysis revealed the significant contribution of factors like reading journal monthly, marital status and income to Anxiety, journal reading, Marital status, visiting websites of Yoga and income significantly contributed to Depression and reading journal, income contributed to Stress of Male and Female Yoga practitioner
The significant and negative correlation of the spirituality with Anxiety, Depression and Stress reveals that the findings are in line with the earlier studies conducted by Kirkwood, G., Rampes, H., Tuffrey, V., Richardson, J., & Pilkington, K. (2005) carried out research evidence on the effectiveness of Yoga for the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders
Summary
Objectives of the Study1) To find the significance of relationship Depression, Anxiety and, Stress of male and female yoga practitioners with spirituality. 2) To identify the demographic factors which influence significantly Depression, Anxiety and, Stress.Main Research Problem: 1) Do Depression, Anxiety and, Stress of male and female yoga practitioners significantly relate to their spirituality? 2) Do factors such age, gender, marital status, education, income, journal exposes, significantly contribute to Depression, Anxiety and, Stress?Hypothesis: The above raised questions led to the formulation of the following hypothesis Ha1: Depression, anxiety and stress of the male and the female yoga practitioner are significantly and negatively related to their spirituality. 1) To find the significance of relationship Depression, Anxiety and, Stress of male and female yoga practitioners with spirituality. 2) To identify the demographic factors which influence significantly Depression, Anxiety and, Stress. Main Research Problem: 1) Do Depression, Anxiety and, Stress of male and female yoga practitioners significantly relate to their spirituality? 2) Do factors such age, gender, marital status, education, income, journal exposes, significantly contribute to Depression, Anxiety and, Stress?. Hypothesis: The above raised questions led to the formulation of the following hypothesis Ha1: Depression, anxiety and stress of the male and the female yoga practitioner are significantly and negatively related to their spirituality. Ha2: The factors such as age, gender, marital status, education, income, journal exposes, significantly contributed to depression. Ha3: The factors as age, gender, marital status, education, income, journal exposes, significantly contributed to anxiety. Ha4: The factors as age, gender, marital status, education, income, journal exposes, significantly contributed to stress
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