Effect of Yoga on ADHD Characteristics of Intellectually Disabled Children

Abstract

Yoga intervention is seen as a practical approach in schools to effectively reduce symptoms in children with ADHD (Steiner et al., 2013). Yoga is a discipline that more than 300 million people worldwide actively participate in the term “Yoga” denotes the concept of “union” and signifies a condition of inner consciousness where one perceives everything as an integral part of oneself. The main objective of this research is to know and examine the effectiveness of yoga intervention on the ADHD characteristics of intellectually disabled children. For the present research pre and post-experimental design with the control group was used where the intervention of yoga schedule was the independent variable, whereas ADHD traits inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity were dependent variables. Incidental purposive sampling technique was used in the present study a sample of 30 mild and moderate intellectually disabled children was selected, age range between 7- 12 years for all subjects with a mean of 9.21 and SD of 2.69. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder scale which was developed by Jain, N. and Gunthey, R, was used for the present study. Results indicated that a positive impact of the yoga intervention has been revealed on ADHD traits inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity of intellectually disabled children with ADHD in an experimental group whereas insignificant improvement was observed in the control group.