Table 3.
Mental well-being and state anxiety of the 2 groups (n=118 each). Values are group mean (S.D.).
| Variables | Yoga group (n=118) (15-day residential program) |
Non-yoga control group (n=118) (routine activities) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Cohen’s d | Before | After | Cohen’s d | |
| Mental well-being | 53.30 (7.55) | 55.94 (7.07)*** | −0.361 | 54.33 (6.75) | 53.46 (8.10) | 0.117 |
| STAI-S | 33.44 (7.90) | 31.47 (8.10)** | 0.246 | 39.60 (8.78) | 40.39 (9.14) | −0.089 |
STAI-S – state anxiety;
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001, post hoc analysis with Bonferroni adjustment compared with pre.