A study of the effect of Yoga Nidra on mental health of emotionally abused adolescents

Emotional abuse is a worldwide public health problem. Children and adolescents who are abused are at risk of developing a range of mental health problems like anxiety, depression, low self esteem, low self confidence, frustration, distorted perception and self-destructiveness etc. which threatened their well being. Interventions should be provided to improve their mental health. Now a day several yogic practices- meditation, pranayam, shithlikaran and mantra etc. are playing important role in treating physiological and psychological problems. Hence the present study is aimed to see the effect of Yoga Nidra on mental health of emotionally abused adolescents. For this purpose, a sample of 40 emotionally abused adolescent (20 male & 20 female; age range 13 to 19 years) was drawn from various schools and coaching centers of city Chandausi (U.P.) through administering Emotional Abuse Test developed by Pushp Lata Rajpoot (2011). Mental health was measured through Mental Health Battery by Singh & Gupta (1983). χ² test was used to analyze the data. The results indicate that Yoga Nidra significantly improves mental health of emotionally abused adolescents.