Hart Niamh, Fawkner Samantha, Niven Ailsa, Booth Josie N
Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, UK.
Institute for Education, Community and Society, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, UK.
Children (Basel). 2022 Jun 8;9(6):849. doi: 10.3390/children9060849.
Yoga is used widely as a therapeutic tool for physical and mental well-being. The mind-body activity could be an inclusive and cost-effective intervention used within schools to help tackle the mental health crisis in youth populations. To date, research has focused on mainly neurotypical youth populations. However, greater acknowledgement of the impact for neurodiverse youth populations is warranted. Therefore, the aim of this scoping review is to understand what is known about the relationships between yoga in schools and mental health and cognition in neurotypical and neurodiverse youth populations.
This review followed O'Malley and Arskey's methodological framework. A comprehensive database search using fundamental keywords and index terms was conducted. Screening was carried out in Covidence software.
Substantial evidence to support the use of school-based yoga programmes for the improvement of anxiety, self-concept, resilience, depression, self-esteem, subjective and psychological well-being, executive function, inhibition, working memory, attention and academic performance in neurotypical populations was found. Evidence to support school-based yoga programmes in neurodiverse populations with improvements in self-concept, subjective well-being, executive function, academic performance and attention was also found.
The findings support the provision of yoga in schools to improve mental health and cognition whilst also creating clear pathways for future research and school-based yoga intervention development.
瑜伽被广泛用作促进身心健康的治疗工具。这种身心活动可以作为一种包容性强且成本效益高的干预措施，在学校中使用，以帮助应对青少年群体的心理健康危机。迄今为止，研究主要集中在神经发育正常的青少年群体上。然而，有必要更多地认识到瑜伽对神经发育不同的青少年群体的影响。因此，本范围综述的目的是了解关于学校瑜伽与神经发育正常和神经发育不同的青少年群体的心理健康及认知之间的关系，目前已知的情况。
本综述遵循奥马利和阿斯基的方法框架。使用基本关键词和索引词进行了全面的数据库搜索。在Covidence软件中进行筛选。
发现了大量证据支持在学校开展瑜伽项目，以改善神经发育正常人群的焦虑、自我概念、恢复力、抑郁、自尊、主观幸福感和心理健康、执行功能、抑制能力、工作记忆、注意力及学业成绩。也发现了支持在神经发育不同人群中开展学校瑜伽项目，以改善自我概念、主观幸福感、执行功能、学业成绩和注意力的证据。
研究结果支持在学校提供瑜伽，以改善心理健康和认知，同时也为未来的研究和基于学校的瑜伽干预发展开辟了明确的道路。
