Mumbai: A research by the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay showed that the culture of altruism can be inculcated by the ancient Indian practice of yoga.
The researchers’ team proposed that yoga-based practices can have a three-way effect — enhance subjective vitality (SV), self-transcendence (ST) and psychological capital (PsyCap).
“A large number of studies have demonstrated the positive impact of psychological capital on individual attitudes, well-being, job performance, creative performance, teamwork etc. The next obvious question was through what mechanisms and what kinds of training and development can PsyCap be built and sustained?” associate professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay, Ashish Pandey was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
The research started with mental health problems among students at the postgraduate level.
While conducting the study ‘Yoga as the Positive Psychological Tool that Gets One Better Grades As Well’, Pandey, PhD scholar at SJMSOM, Chirag Dagar, and faculty member at IIM Jammu, Ajinkya Navare found that regular practice of asanas, pranayam and dhyan could enhance psychological capital within three months.
The study involving 450 students took two years to complete.
Comments are closed.