Impact of Yoga on Mood Swings among Women with Premenstrual Syndrome

Abstract

The psychological, physical, and behavioral effects of yoga on women suffering from Premenstrual syndrome, as how yoga can help them. Through my research I intend to emphasize on the impact of yoga on premenstrual syndrome among women with premenstrual syndrome and ensure the necessary support for their contribution towards the nation. The attention has been given to understand the impact of experimental group and control group, especially with regards the India population. The sample size was twenty-eight, and selected conveniently. The age group selected for this study was Women that is between the ages of thirteen to twenty-eight. The premenstrual syndrome scale comprised of 40 questions with three sub-scales, Physiological symptoms, psychological symptoms, and Behavioral symptoms. The BMIS scale is an open-source mood scale consisting of 16 mood-adjectives to which a person responds. The scale can yield measures of overall pleasant-unpleasant mood, arousal-calm mood, positive-tired and negative-calm mood. Subjects underwent a pre-test mood swings questionnaire, then received a yoga intervention before undergoing a screening test for premenstrual syndrome. Following a six-weeks period of daily yoga practice for forty-five minutes minimum, the post-test of the Mood Swings Questionnaire was given during the week before the start of menstruation. The result showed that following six weeks of yogic intervention, the experimental group significantly improved on two scales of pleasant – unpleasant mood and Positive tired mood compared to the control group.