Psychological benefits for inmates doing yoga: Study
Yoga can improve the mood and mental well-being of
prisoners‚ and may also have an effect on impulsive behavior‚
an Oxford University study suggested.
in the Journal of
Psychiatric Research‚
researchers said prisons
see rates of mental health
problems that are many
times higher than the
general population‚Xinhua
news agency reported.
Inmates from a range of
Inmates from a range of
ages were randomly assigned
to either a course of ten weekly
yoga sessions of 90 minutes‚ or
to a control group.
"We found that the group that did the yoga course showed an improvement in positive
mood‚ a decrease in stress and greater accuracy in a computer test of impulsivity and
attention‚" said Dr Amy Bilderbeck‚ who led the study.
If yoga is associated with improving behavior control‚ as suggested by the results of
the computer test‚ there may be implications for managing aggression‚ antisocial or
problem behavior in prisons and on return to society‚ researchers noted.
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