EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RECREATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON SELECTED HEALTH RELATED FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS

Keywords

meditation, relaxation, physical fitness, psychological and autogenic techniques

Abstract

To achieve the purpose of the study, 60 male IT professionals working in different business centers in Tidal Park, Chennai were selected as subjects and their age were ranging from 25 to 35 years. All the subjects were residing in Chennai and participated in the experiments after their working hours. The following variables were selected. For the purpose of the study, random group design was employed. The randomly selected sixty IT professionals were divided into three groups, consisting of twenty in each group. Group I was placed in experimental group I which practiced psychological interventions consisting of meditation, relaxation and autogenic techniques for 12 weeks. Group II was placed in experimental group II which practiced recreational interventions consisting of minor games, swimming and any one major game for 12 weeks. The third group was placed as control group, which did not participate in any of the special treatment. Prior and After 12 weeks to experimental treatments all the subjects were tested of their physical fitness on cardiovascular endurance, body composition and flexibility which formed the initial scores. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, among the groups on selected criterion variables separately. In all the cases, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the significance, which was considered as appropriate.