Open AccessSelf-esteem and performance in attentional tasks in school children after 4½ months of yoga
Author(s) -
Kankan Gulati,
Sachin Kumar Sharma,
Shirley Telles,
Acharya Balkrishna
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_42_18
Subject(s) - punctuality , psychology , distraction , self esteem , test (biology) , rating scale , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , cognitive psychology , paleontology , biology
Physical activity is known to improve self-esteem of children. Low self-esteem causes distraction of attention which leads to decline in performance in attentional tasks. The performance of a child at school depends on multiple factors, a major factor being attention. Hence, the present study was designed to see (i) the effect 4½ months of yoga practice had on children's (a) performance in attentional tasks, (b) self-esteem and (ii) the correlation between yoga performance and (a) academic performance, (b) behavior with peers, (c) behavior with teachers, (d) punctuality, (e) participation in extra-curricular activities.