Determine the Effectiveness of Yoga and Pranayama Therapy on Mobile Addiction among Students of Technical Colleges in Bhubaneswar

Abstract

Introduction: Addiction to the internet varies among different societies and different age population. One of the group that are at higher risk for internet addiction is adolescents. Due to educational, information, entertainment needs and for other requirements, students tend to use more internets. Since they have more free time to use the internet, they are more susceptible to the phenomenon of internet addiction. The concept of quality of life broadly encompasses how an individual measure the “goodness” of multiple aspects of their life. These evaluations include one’s emotional reactions to life occurrences, disposition, sense of life fulfilment and satisfaction, and satisfaction with work and personal relationships. The main aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of yoga and pranayama therapy on mobile addiction among students.

Methodology: A quantitative research approach with quasi experimental with control design was best suitable, In the present study dependent variable refers to the general condition (level of addiction) of the students of technical college. In present study independent variable refers to yoga and pranayama therapy. 300 students in which 150 students for experimental group and 150 for control group were be select from Ajay binay institute of technology, Cuttak, R. K. institute of engineering and technology, Banamalipur, Cuttak through purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by using demographic tool, smart phone addiction scale (SAS – SV) and Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DAS) scale.

Results: The analysis of data show that the pre test mean score of students is 37.33 while 20.63 for post test with 16.7 mean difference in experimental group. The median is 37 for the pre test and 20 is for post test. The SD is 2.80 for pre test and 3.30 for post test.  The t value is 47.71 at 0.000 p value. This value is obtained by paired t test. The calculated value of t (47.71) is more than the tabulated value (1.96) at 0.05 level of significance. The pre test mean score of students is 41.14 in while post test mean score of students is 40.72 in control group with 0.47 mean difference. The median is 41 for bothe pre and post test in control group. The SD is 2.83 in pre test and 3.47 in post test.  The t value is 1.56 at 0.76 p value. This value is obtained by paired t test. The calculated value of t (1.56) is more than the tabulated value (1.96) at 0.05 level of significance.

Conclusion: On the basis of the results it is concluded that yoga and pranayam therapy was effective for students to reduce the level of mobile addiction.