Page No.60-65
R. Kannappan and R. Lakshmi Bai
Vinayaka Mission KV Medical College, Tamilnadu AIDS Initiative (TAI)
Salem. Chennai
One hundred and twenty adolescent deviant boys were randomly assigned into
two experimental groups and one control group. The two experimental groups
underwent yoga-cognitive training (YCT) and human relationship training (HRT)
respectively. The control group did not get any training for the entire period. The
trainings were administered to adolescent school boys for a period of one year,
weekly twice. The parents of the adolescent boys of the experimental groups
were given parent management training (PMT). The study adopted before- after
design. The data collected were analyzed by using critical ratio (CR). The results
show that both experimental groups had significant changes in their
maladjustment and antisocial behaviors. When the respective effect of the trainings
was compared, yoga- cognitive training had better effect than the human
relationship training. The follow-up of these groups showed that the behavior
change in the adolescent boys was sustained