A Study on the Attitude of Secondary School Teachers of Malda and Murshidabad Districts, West Bengal towards Extension of Yoga Education in Schools in Relation to their Religious Belief and Mental Health
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https://doi.org/10.51983/arss-2021.10.1.2680Keywords:
Attitude, Mental Health, Religion, Teacher, Yoga EducationAbstract
A study on the attitude of the Secondary School teachers to extend education to include Yoga Education in Schools vis-a-vis their Mental Health. Stratified purposeful sampling method used. Hindu teachers possess better Yoga attitude than Muslims, but negatively related with their Mental Health. Yoga attitude of the government teachers (Malda) is negatively related to their Mental Health, for private teachers it is positively related. Female private teachers’ Yoga attitude differs between Hindu vs. Muslim. The Muslim female teachers (Murshidabad) possess better Yoga attitude; male teachers’ attitude is negatively related to their Mental Health; for female, it is positively related. Female, private, Hindu vs. Muslim teachers here, show significantly different Yoga attitude, with a positive relation with their Mental Health.
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