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Mohi-Ud-Din, Mudassir
- Impact of Yoga Nidra on the Personality of Drug Addiets
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1 Department ofPsyehology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus, Srinagar Gahrwal, Uttrakhand, IN
1 Department ofPsyehology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus, Srinagar Gahrwal, Uttrakhand, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 5 (2018), Pagination: 758-760Abstract
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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