The relationship between Yoga Immersion, psychological well-being and psychiatric symptoms

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作者：
Gaiswinkler L. [1 ,2 ]
Unterrainer H.F. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Fink A. [1 ]
Kapfhammer H.-P. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Zentrum für Integrative Suchtforschung (Verein Grüner Kreis), Institut für Psychologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Rudolfplatz 9, Wien
[2] CIAR: Center for Integrative Addiction Research (Verein Grüner Kreis), Graz
[3] Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz
来源：
neuropsychiatrie | 2015年 / 29卷 / 1期
关键词：
Awareness; Meditation; Mental health; Mindfulness; Spirituality; Stress coping; Yoga;
D O I：
10.1007/s40211-015-0139-9
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摘要：
Background: In recent years positive effects of Yoga (as a kind of spiritual exercise) in regards to subjective well-being and physical health can be found as well documented in the literature. Method: Based on a construct-psychological approach a newly developed scale for the assessment of Yoga involvement (immersion) was validated on a sample of 233 non-clinical subjects (210 females) by means of socio-demographic and well established psychometric parameters of psychological well-being and psychiatric symptoms. Furthermore, the group of yoga practitioners was compared with a control group consisting of 93 gymnastics practitioners (83 women) with respect to these parameters. Results: The amount of Yoga Immersion (YI) can be reliably assessed by means of the one-dimensional YI-scale (10 items) and shows to be strongly correlated with Mindfulness (r = .56; p < .01), Inner Correspondence (r = .61; p < .01) and Religious/Spiritual Well-being (r = .68; p < .01). Furthermore highly yoga-immersive practitioners exhibited a significant higher amount of psychological well-being (p < .01) compared to marginally/moderately yoga-immersive and gymnastics practitioners. The Yoga-group also showed a lower amount of psychiatric symptoms (e.g. depression; p < .01). Conclusions: The globally postulated positive relationship between Yoga-practicing and mental health could be confirmed; thereby the impact of YI can be assumed as central. Further randomized controlled trial research focusing on the health/disease-related aspects of YI might be conducted especially in clinical groups. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Wien.
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