Community-Based Research Institute (CBRI), Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Florida International University Research Center in a Minority Institution (FIU-RCMI), Miami, Florida, USA.
Stress Health. 2023 Aug;39(3):516-524. doi: 10.1002/smi.3202. Epub 2022 Oct 25.
Latinx youth with mental health disorders have worse outcomes when compared to their White (non-Hispanic) counterparts. Latinx youth also have less access to and lower utilization of mental health services. Emerging research supports the psychological and physical benefits of engaging in yoga and yoga may function as a complimentary treatment option for patients with mental health challenges. However, research assessing the efficacy of yoga and mindfulness is particularly sparse among Latinx youth, who may particularly benefit from mind body awareness activities given barriers to more traditional health approaches. The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the effects of a 12-week Vinyasa flow-based yoga group intervention on anxiety, depression, empathy, and life satisfaction among adolescents receiving outpatient mental health treatment. Adolescents (n = 186; 12-17 years old) were recruited to an active intervention condition (Yoga); a subsequent group of participants (n = 91) were recruited in the same manner to an assessment-only comparison control condition (Comparison). The Yoga group participated in culturally and developmentally tailored group yoga classes for 12 weeks. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate the main effect intervention response between participants in the two conditions. At the post-intervention assessment, after controlling for baseline levels of outcome variables (i.e., depression, anxiety, empathy, and life satisfaction), on average participants in the yoga condition reported: less depression symptoms (B = -1.54, p = 0.008), less anxiety symptoms (B = -0.75, p = 0.048), greater empathy (B = 1.32, p = 0.025) and greater life satisfaction (B = 0.30, p = 0.013) as compared to the Comparison condition. Yoga interventions can be an acceptable and feasible modality for promoting well-being and reducing mental health problems among Latinx youth.
与白人（非西班牙裔）相比，患有精神健康障碍的拉丁裔青年的预后更差。拉丁裔青年获得和利用精神卫生服务的机会也较少。新兴研究支持参与瑜伽对心理和生理的益处，并且瑜伽可能是治疗精神健康挑战患者的一种补充治疗选择。然而，在拉丁裔青年中，评估瑜伽和正念功效的研究特别稀少，鉴于他们在采用更传统的健康方法方面存在障碍，因此可能特别受益于身心意识活动。本准实验研究的目的是检验为期 12 周的基于流瑜伽的小组干预对接受门诊心理健康治疗的青少年的焦虑、抑郁、同理心和生活满意度的影响。招募了 186 名青少年（12-17 岁）参加一项积极的干预性条件（瑜伽）；以同样的方式招募了随后的一组参与者（n=91）参加仅评估比较对照组（比较）。瑜伽组参加了为期 12 周的文化和发展适应性小组瑜伽课程。结构方程模型用于评估两个条件下参与者之间的干预反应的主要效果。在干预后评估中，在控制基线结果变量（即抑郁、焦虑、同理心和生活满意度）的水平后，瑜伽组的参与者平均报告：抑郁症状减少（B=-1.54，p=0.008），焦虑症状减少（B=-0.75，p=0.048），同理心增加（B=1.32，p=0.025）和生活满意度提高（B=0.30，p=0.013）与比较条件相比。瑜伽干预可以成为促进拉丁裔青年幸福感和减少心理健康问题的一种可接受且可行的方式。
