Effect of Yoga on the Intrapersonal Emotional Intelligence among Adolescent Girls

Saarni (1999) notes that development of emotional skills is important for an adolescent's development. Studies have shown that physical exercising helped in the maintenance of emotional well being. Present study aimed to find the effect of Yoga, an ancient Indian form of exercise, on the intrapersonal factor of Emotional Intelligence as conceptualized by Bar-On(2006). The Youth Version of Bar-On's Emotional Quotient Inventory (2000) was used as the tool. Sample for the study consisted of two groups of adolescent girls drawn into Experimental and Control groups respectively. The results showed that practice of Yoga improved the Intrapersonal factor of Emotional Intelligence.