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Impact of Yoga Nidra on the Personality of Drug Addiets


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The menace of drug addiction is not only a socially unacceptable reality, hut in entirety is a disease and emerging as a major public health challenge. The present study is an effort to ascertain the effect of Yoga Nidra on the personality of drug addicts by using pre and post data. A personality analysis of 40 drug addicts was done trom Jammu and Kashmir, using personality Neo-Five Factor inventory (Mcare & Costa, 1985). A significant change in all the personality dimensions of drug addicts was witnessed.

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Big Five Traits, Drug Addiction, Personality, Yoga Nidra.
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Authors

Mudassir Mohi-Ud-Din
Department ofPsyehology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus, Srinagar Gahrwal, Uttrakhand, India
Manju Pandey
Department ofPsyehology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus, Srinagar Gahrwal, Uttrakhand, India

Abstract


The menace of drug addiction is not only a socially unacceptable reality, hut in entirety is a disease and emerging as a major public health challenge. The present study is an effort to ascertain the effect of Yoga Nidra on the personality of drug addicts by using pre and post data. A personality analysis of 40 drug addicts was done trom Jammu and Kashmir, using personality Neo-Five Factor inventory (Mcare & Costa, 1985). A significant change in all the personality dimensions of drug addicts was witnessed.

Keywords


Big Five Traits, Drug Addiction, Personality, Yoga Nidra.

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