Szabo Attila, Nikházy Letícia, Tihanyi Benedek, Boros Szilvia
a Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest , Hungary.
b Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest , Hungary , and.
J Ment Health. 2017 Apr;26(2):156-160. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1222059. Epub 2016 Nov 4.
Bikram yoga is a relatively new, but an increasingly popular form of exercise. Its health benefits were demonstrated on physical and psychological measures.
The current field study tested the acute effects of Bikram yoga on practitioners' positive-/negative-affect and state-anxiety, and their link to the self-perceived stress, in Bikram yoga participants.
Field study, within-participants design, testing perceived stress and its relation to changes in positive-/negative-affect and state-anxiety in 53 habitual Bikram yoga participants.
Statistically significant positive changes emerged in all three psychological measures after the 90-min Bikram yoga session. The decrease in negative-affect and state-anxiety were significantly and positively related to the perceived stress. Estimated effort was unrelated to the magnitude of the changes recorded in the psychological measures. Heart rates and self-report measures indicated that physically Bikram yoga is only mildly challenging.
The findings illustrate that, independently of the physical effort, Bikram yoga is a new mild form of exercise that reduces negative-affect and state-anxiety, and the reduction is directly related to the perceived stress. Therefore, Bikram yoga appears to be beneficial for all practitioners, but even more so for the individuals who experience substantial stress in the daily life.
高温瑜伽是一种相对较新但越来越受欢迎的运动形式。其对健康的益处已在身体和心理指标上得到证实。
当前的现场研究测试了高温瑜伽对高温瑜伽参与者的积极/消极情绪和状态焦虑的急性影响，以及它们与自我感知压力的联系。
现场研究，参与者内设计，测试53名习惯性高温瑜伽参与者的感知压力及其与积极/消极情绪和状态焦虑变化的关系。
在90分钟的高温瑜伽课程后，所有三项心理指标均出现了具有统计学意义的积极变化。消极情绪和状态焦虑的降低与感知压力显著正相关。估计的努力程度与心理指标记录的变化幅度无关。心率和自我报告指标表明，从身体角度来看，高温瑜伽只是轻度具有挑战性。
研究结果表明，无论体力消耗如何，高温瑜伽都是一种新的轻度运动形式，可减少消极情绪和状态焦虑，且这种减少与感知压力直接相关。因此，高温瑜伽似乎对所有练习者都有益，但对那些在日常生活中经历大量压力的人来说更是如此。
