Sindhu R 1 , Karthiyanee Kutty 2 , Vinutha Shankar M. S 3
Skill to monitor one’s own and others’ thinking and actions is termed as Emotional intelligence (EI).[1] Psychological dimensions of EI are emotional sensitivity, emotional maturity and emotional competency which motivate participants to recognize, interpret and handle the dynamics of their behavioral pattern. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the Integrated Yoga module (IYM) on emotional dimensions of the participants in SVYASA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study includes 40 subjects between 20-60years of age selected from health home of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) University, Bangalore for IYM. EQ test developed by Prof N. K. Chadha used to assess the EI was given to all the subjects on admission to S-VYASA. All the subjects of this study participated in IYM for a week. After one week of IYM, same questionnaire was given to participants. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Means, standard deviations, Paired t test were used for analyzing the data with the help of SPSS 16. RESULTS: EQ analysis (n=40) showed significant increase (P<0.05) in emotional quotient and maturity (r=0.403, 0.341 respectively), with significant decrease in sensitivity (r=0.482). Competency was also found to be increased, but was not found to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that IYM can result in improvement in maturity and competency dimensions of EQ aiding in emotional balance and reasoning.
