Maity Kalyan, Rain Manjari, Dixit Nishant, Kumar Saurabh, Darmora Manish, Verma Prashant, Choudhary Swati Kumari, Gautam Monika, Sharma Kiran, Singh Amit, Nautiyal Raman, Patra Sanjib, Nadholta Pooja, Kumar Krishan, Majumdar Vijaya, Anand Akshay
Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Neuroscience Research Lab, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Ann Neurosci. 2025 May 13:09727531251335421. doi: 10.1177/09727531251335421.
Criminal behaviour is influenced by various factors, including social, environmental and individual personality traits. Research has indicated that individuals with psychopathic traits, challenging temperaments and low self-control are more likely to engage in criminal activities. While Yoga has been associated with reducing psychological distress among prison inmates, the application of traditional philosophy-based personality measures, particularly ( and ), has not been explored within this context.
This study aimed to explore the effect of the common Yoga protocol (CYP) on personality traits among prisoners and examine their association with socio-demographic factors.
This exploratory analysis involved a randomised controlled trial with 191 prisoners diagnosed with mild to moderate cognitive impairment, focusing on perceived stress and cognitive improvement. Participants were randomly assigned to either a Yoga group ( = 96) or a control group ( = 95). The Yoga group practiced CYP for two months, while the control group maintained their usual routines. personality traits were assessed at baseline and post-intervention. A per-protocol analysis was conducted on 88 participants from the Yoga group and 66 from the control group who completed the study.
The Yoga group exhibited a significant increase in ( ≤ .001) and significant decreases in both ( ≤ .001) and ( ≤ .001) compared to the control group. Within the Yoga group, was negatively correlated with age ( = -0.237, ≤ .05) and BMI ( = -0.220, ≤ .05), while was positively correlated with age ( = 0.265, ≤ .05) and BMI ( = 0.252, ≤ .05).
The CYP effectively enhances the positive attribute, that is, , while reducing negative attributes, that is, and of personality among prisoners. Incorporating Yoga into daily prison routines may serve as an effective rehabilitation tool and improve our understanding of the criminal psychology of inmates.
犯罪行为受到多种因素的影响，包括社会、环境和个人性格特征。研究表明，具有精神病态特征、具有挑战性的气质和低自我控制能力的个体更有可能从事犯罪活动。虽然瑜伽已被证明与减少监狱囚犯的心理困扰有关，但基于传统哲学的人格测量方法，特别是（此处原文缺失具体测量方法名称），在这一背景下尚未得到探索。
本研究旨在探讨通用瑜伽方案（CYP）对囚犯人格特质的影响，并检验其与社会人口统计学因素的关联。
这项探索性分析涉及一项随机对照试验，研究对象为191名被诊断患有轻度至中度认知障碍的囚犯，重点关注感知压力和认知改善。参与者被随机分为瑜伽组（n = 96）或对照组（n = 95）。瑜伽组进行了两个月的CYP练习，而对照组维持其日常活动。在基线和干预后对人格特质进行评估。对瑜伽组的88名参与者和对照组的66名完成研究的参与者进行了符合方案分析。
与对照组相比，瑜伽组的（此处原文缺失具体特质名称）显著增加（p≤.001），（此处原文缺失具体特质名称）和（此处原文缺失具体特质名称）均显著降低（p≤.001）。在瑜伽组中，（此处原文缺失具体特质名称）与年龄呈负相关（r = -0.2
