Effect of hatha yoga and aerobic dance practice on selected intelligence variable of adolescent boys

Abstract

Yoga is an ancient Indian Philosophy. The purpose of the study was to evaluate psychological response, to find out the changes of intelligence by the following Yoga and aerobic dance practices. The total subjects were 120 divided into four groups and their age ranges from 12–16 years. The duration of total practice period were 6 weeks (3 days in a week for 30 minutes). Pre test and post test data were analyzed by paired ‘t’ test method. For obtaining the significant differences ANCOVA method was adopted (Garrett, 1981). The organised Yoga and aerobic dance program definitely improved their performance in selected psychological potentialities.