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- Title
A YOGA INTERVENTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH ELEVATED SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION.
- Authors
Woolery, Alison; Myers, Hector; Stemliebm, Beth; Zeltzer, Lonnie
- Abstract
Context Yoga teat km and students often report that yoga has an uplifting effect on their moods, hut scientific research on yoga and depression is limited. Objective To examine the effects of a short-term Iyengar yoga course on mood in mildly depressed young adults. Design Young adults pre-screened for mild levels of depression were randomly assigned to a yoga course or wail-list control group. Setting College campus recreation center. Participants Twenty-eight volunteers ages 18 to 29. At intake. All participants were experiencing mild levels of depression, but had received no current psychiatric diagnoses or treatments. None had significant yoga experience. Intervention Subjects in the yoga group attended two 1-hour linear yoga classes each week for 5 consecutive weeks. The classes emphasized yoga postures thought to alleviate depression, particularly hack heads, standing poses, and inversions. Main Outcome Measures Beck Depression Inventory. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Profile of Mood States, morning erotica levels. Results Subjects who participated in the yoga course demonstrated significant decreases in self-reported symptoms of depression and trait anxiety. These effects emerged by the middle of the yoga course and were maintained by tin end. Changes also were observed in acute mood, with subjects reporting decreased level', of negative mood and fatigue following yoga classes, finally, there was a trend for higher morning psychiatric erotica levels in the yoga group by the cud of the yoga count, compared to controls. These findings provide suggestive evidence of the utility of yoga asanas in improving mood and support the need for future studies with larger samples and more complex study designs to more fully evaluate the effects of yoga on mood disturbances.
- Publication
Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 2004, Vol 10, Issue 2, p60
- ISSN
1078-6791
- Publication type
Academic Journal