THE IMPACT OF NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) AND YOGA INTERVENTIONS ON STRESS LEVELS IN MOTHERS WITH ADOLESCENT CHILDREN

Abstract

Stress occurs when parental expectations are higher than the real and expected resources. Adolescence is a vital period, which makes every new stage of development with anxiety, especially for mothers of teenagers. Yoga is a holistic approach used as an alternative medicine for preventing and healing different diseases, and "NLP is an expressive and compelling model of individual interaction and experience that permits [the practitioner] to make several fundamental and long-lasting changes quickly and easily". We aimed to find out whether there would be any significant correlation on Hamilton Anxiety Rating scale (HAM-A, cortisol and heart rate due to yoga practice with NLP intervention among anxiety mother’s having adolescent child. The Subject were mothers having adolescent child (14-18years). The total number of sample size determined to be 90. Based on the information obtained, subjects were randomly divided into yogic practice with NLP group (30), yoga group (30) and control group (30). Pre and post-test were carried out for all variables viz. Cortisol level in the serum, Hamilton Anxiety scale and heart rate. The study’s total duration was 12 weeks. Experimental group received yogic practice 4 days/week and 2 NLP sessions /month/sample. Control group was engaged with active rest. ANOVA Test applied for changes in variable. Yogic practice with NLP training helped to reduce Stress of mother’s having adolescent child at 0.05 level of confidence on Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, Cortisol and Heart rate while the response was minimal in case of yogic practice.