An Assessment of Attitude of Students from Different Streams towards Yoga: A Comparative Study of Students' Attitudes towards Yoga across Different Streams

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the attitude of students of different courses namely, Science, Commerce, Mathematics Arts towards yoga. The investigator prepared a questionnaire comprising of 30 statements based on a 5-point scale wiz. Strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree strongly disagree, covering various aspects of yoga. The questionnaire was randomly administered to 100 male female subjects divided equally among 4 disciplines i.e. Science, Commerce, Mathematics Arts. The questionnaire was personally administered by the research scholar to the subjects at Brahmavart P.G. College, Mandhana, Kanpur, U.P. The data collected by the researcher was analyzed by using the rating scale and descriptive technique of percentage. Results of the study reveals that students from science and arts streams possess favorable attitude towards yoga its progressive awareness in comparison to commerce and mathematics students.