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Effect of Yoga on Stress Management among Adolescent Girls
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Wolman points out that adolescent's experience conflicting and frustrating situations. Studies have shown that physical exercising helped in the improvement of self-control and increased tolerance to stress. Present study aimed to find the effect of Yoga, an ancient Indian form of exercise on the Stress Management factor of Emotional Intelligence as conceptualized by Bar-On. The Youth Version of Bar-On's Emotional Quotient Inventory was used as the tool. Sample for the study consisted of two groups of adolescent girls drawn into Experimental and Control groups respectively. The results showed that practice of Yoga improved the Stress Management factor of Emotional Intelligence.
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Yoga, Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence, Adolescence, Indian Psychology.
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