The Effect of Yoga Training on Adolescents on Psychological Resilience and Stress Management

Overview

Adolescents may experience daily difficulties in family and peer relationships, due to school and exams. These troubles are disturbing and obstructive events that can cause the stress that people usually encounter in their environmental interactions. It can negatively affect people's mental and physical health. It is stated that yoga regulates the nervous system and physiological functioning of the body, provides physical fitness and improves psychological well-being. However, it calms the soul and supports mental health. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of yoga training applied to 13-16 years old adolescents for 10 weeks on their psychological resilience and coping with stress.

Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood in which rapid growth, development and maturation occur in terms of biochemical, physical, social and spiritual aspects. It is thought that yoga practice will be beneficial for adolescents to spend this risky period in a healthy way, to cope with psychological resilience and stress, and to practice yoga as a lifestyle in other periods is thought to be effective. Adolescents living in the Famagusta region, aged 13-16, willing to participate in the research and applying for yoga groups, who meet the research criteria. After the applications, the adolescents who meet the research criteria and volunteer to participate in the research will be listed and the adolescents in the list will be randomly selected into the study and control groups using the random numbers table. In the study, data will be collected with a data collection form consisting of two parts: "Descriptive Characteristics Form", "Child and Youth Psychological Resilience Scale, and Adolescent Coping Scale". In the study, there will be two groups, the study and the control, selected by randomization. Adolescents who meet the research criteria will be informed about the research in the conference hall of Famagusta Development Academy. Informed (voluntary) consent forms will be signed by the adolescents and parents who agree to participate in the study. A data collection form will be applied to all adolescents participating in the study. In the research, yoga groups will be formed by determining the appropriate day and time for the adolescents in the study group. Adolescents in the study group will have 60 minutes of yoga practice twice a week for 10 weeks. Yoga practice will be performed by the researcher in the dance hall of Famagusta Development Academy. After the 10-week yoga training period is over, it will be filled by the adolescents in the last yoga class. No intervention will be made in the control group. At the end of 10 weeks, questionnaires will be applied to the control group again.