INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOGA TRANSFORMATION EFFECT ON LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS AND MINDFULNES IN INDIVIDUALS PLAYING YOGA

Abstract

Nowadays, it is seen that individuals often do yoga as a way to improve their physical and psychological health with the pursuit of feeling good. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship of yoga transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulnes (Conscious Awareness) in individuals who practice yoga. A total of 236 subjects voluntarily participated in the study, 36 males and 200 females, with an average age (36.25 years), height (166.40 cm) and body weight (60.06 kg), respectively. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Yoga Self-Efficacy Scale (YSES) with three sub-dimensions (Body, Mind and Breath) and the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) were administered to the participants. In addition, with the personal information form, it was questioned how many years yoga was practiced, whether meditation and breathing exercises were done. 
 SPSS 22.0 package program was used for statistical analysis. In the analysis of the data, t test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used to determine the relationship between the variables. In addition, multiple linear regression analysis was applied to determine the effect of yoga transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness. 
 
 As a result of the analyses, significant differences were found between YSES and its sub-dimensions (p