SKY Nithyanantham meditation to control Aggression Violence thoughts among Juvenile Delinquents

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Crimes committed by young individuals and is crucial for anti-social violent behaviors to the society have juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency constitutes nearly one-fifth of crimes against people and one-third of property crimes in India. The majority of youths have engaged in some form of delinquency during their adolescent years. Efforts to Prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation interventions play a crucial role in addressing juvenile delinquency and promoting positive outcomes for young individuals. AIM: The aim of this study to influence the Simplified Kundalini Yoga’s Nithyanantham Meditation to control Aggression Violence Thoughts among Juvenile Delinquents. METHODS: The experimental study was conducted on Delinquents subjects of Juvenile Observation Home at Coimbatore, India in 2023. The total number of 80 Juvenile delinquent Male subjects divided to 2 equal groups of Experimental and Control group with a pre-test & Post-test conducted. Using the psychological variables of Pre and Post-test scores of DASS (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale) and Aggression Violence thoughts. The practice of SKY Nithyanantham meditation, Pranayama with simplified physical exercises conducted regularly on 5 days of a week, daily 1 hour for 6 months training programme given to the Experimental group. Self-esteem Scale by Penn State has been used. Psychological variables were assessed by the self-report questionnaire pre and post intervention training programme. The results of data analysed by t-test and ANOVA. According to statistical analysis, at < 0.01 level of significant results obtained Experimental group, no significant results of selected variables by the control group subjects based on the post-test results. CONCLUSION: The results was clear that Simplified Kundalini Yoga’s Nithyanantham Meditation to control Aggression Violence Thoughts among Juvenile Delinquents. The yoga therapeutics with respect to anti-depressant qualities corrects underlying cognitive psychology, social cognition and an overall enhancement of self-esteem. KEY WORDS: Juvenile delinquents, Yoga, Meditation, Aggression thoughts & Self-esteem, etc.