Abstract
Orphan children suffer greatly from much physical, physiological and mental disorders leading to the bad effect on their, over-all adjustment, emotional stability autonomy, security-insecurity, intelligence and self concept. Yogic practices are providing the best method to achieve good mental health. Thus keeping in view the benefits of yogic practices, an attempt has made to investigate scientifically the effect yogic practices on mental health of orphan children. In this study the investigator has selected the 60 (Boys and Girls) orphan children from Guru Nanak Anath Ashram (Orphan Home) Jalandhar Punjab India. After the pre test subjects were divided into two groups i.e. Yogic group (experimental) and Control Group (non experimental). Mental health battery by Singh and Gupta was applied to collect the data. Training of yoga practices was given to Yogic group for eight weeks. No training was imparted to control group. The results of the investigation shown significant effect of yogic practices on the different parameters of mental health i.e. overall adjustment, emotional stability, autonomy, security-insecurity, intelligence and self concept which were tested on 0.01 level of confidence.
Highlights
In the heart of every child, there is a desire of hunger for home
The results of the investigation shown significant effect of yogic practices on the different parameters of mental health i.e. overall adjustment, emotional stability, autonomy, security-insecurity, intelligence and self concept which were tested on 0.01 level of confidence
The mean score of pre test and post test of yogic group are found to be 4.90 and 8.30 respectively. This implies that the score of yogic group in post test is higher than the pre test
Summary
In the heart of every child, there is a desire of hunger for home. It is for food, place and sleep, but for safety and community . Death of parents introduces a major change in the life of a child This change may involve moving from a middle or upper-class urban home to a poor rural relative’s home, separation from siblings, forced to live on own and constituting child-headed families. A study was conducted in Cambodia, India, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania by [4] and found that “increased traumatic events during childhood were linked to statistically significant increases in anxiety and emotional and behavioral difficulties that can last into adulthood and result in poor performance in school” They concluded in a study that “both AIDS orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS-infected parents showed heightened psychosocial symptoms [5].
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