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A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the Impact of Yoga and Physical Education on the Emotional and Behavioural Functioning of Middle School Children.
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- Effects of different types of physical exercise interventions on aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of yoga on mental health in school-aged children: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Control Trials.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Yoga for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use Risk Factors in a Middle School Setting: A Preliminary Group-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2017Trial
- Reimagining adolescent well-being through yoga as a public health paradigm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Scoping Review of Yoga in Schools: Mental Health and Cognitive Outcomes in Both Neurotypical and Neurodiverse Youth Populations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- School-related physical activity interventions and mental health among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2020Review
- Meta-Review on the Effectiveness of Classroom-Based Psychological Interventions Aimed at Improving Student Mental Health and Well-Being, and Preventing Mental Illness.The journal of primary prevention · 2019Review
- A Qualitative Examination of Yoga for Middle School Adolescents.Advances in school mental health promotion · 2017Article
- Perceived Benefits of Yoga among Urban School Students: A Qualitative Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
- Yoga and Emotion Regulation in High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Are There Benefits from Teaching Yoga at Schools? A Systematic Review of Randomized Control Trials of Yoga-Based Interventions.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- The Impact ofInternational journal of yogaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundYoga programs geared for school children have become more widespread, but research regarding its impact on children is lacking. Several studies have reported positive outcomes, though there is a need for more randomised controlled trials.
objectivesTo determine the effects of yoga on children's emotional and behavioural functioning when compared with physical education (PE) classes.
methodsThirty middle school children were randomised to participate in either a school-based Ashtanga-informed yoga or PE class three times a week for 12 weeks. Emotional (i.e. affect, self-perceptions) and behavioural (i.e. internalising and externalising problems, aggression) functioning were measured pre and post-intervention.
resultsThere were no significant changes between groups in self-reported positive affect, global self-worth, aggression indices or parent reports of their children's externalising and internalising problems. However, negative affect increased for those children participating in yoga when compared to the PE program.
conclusionsIn general, findings suggest that yoga and PE classes do not differentially impact on middle school children's emotional and behavioural functioning. However, children reported experiencing increased negative emotions after receiving yoga while children in the PE group reported a decrease in these feelings. Implications of these results and potential directions for future research on children's yoga are discussed.
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