How Yoga can Reduce Counterproductive Work Behaviours
A study that looks at how yoga can reduce counterproductive work behaviour and its predictors such as aggression and negative affectivity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27385858
This is a really interesting study! It looked at how yoga can reduce counterproductive work behaviour and its predictors such as aggression and negative affectivity. 80 people undertook a yoga module comprised of asana, pranayama, meditation, and yogic theory whilst a control group of 80 people received mild to moderate physical exercises and management theories. Both the groups received their intervention for one hour a day, five days a week, for ten weeks.
Pleasingly, the yoga group reported significant reductions in aggression, negative affectivity, and counterproductive work behaviour in comparison with the control group after 10 weeks. Another reason to bring yoga to NHS staff I strongly feel!
1 Comment
Thanks for highlighting this Heather. A really interesting study. Good to see the subject being taken seriously.