scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOGA AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES

2021 ◽  
pp. 308-314
Author(s):  
Dr. Birbal Saha ◽  
Dr. Subir Sen ◽  
Anasuya Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Data Clustering ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Yoga Practice ◽  
College Residence ◽  
Purulia District ◽  
The Mind

Yoga is an ancient practice involving physical, mental and spiritual practices. Yoga was first mentioned in the Rigveda. Yoga is seen to bring positive and holistic changes in human lives. Yoga strengthens body and relaxed the mind and hence is appreciated for its multifarious benefits. The benefits of Yoga, can be best proven on the students, looking after its memory and concentration increasing ability, developing good physic and calm mind. Present work deals with the attitude towards yoga practice of undergraduate college students of Purulia district of West Bengal, India. Response from 570 UG students is taken by a scale of attitude towards yoga. Four independent variables like Gender, Location of College, Residence of Students and Streams; and one dependent variable score of the questionnaire (attitude towards yoga practice) are considered for this study. Data Clustering is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group are more similar to each other than to those in other groups. Two-Step cluster analysis is done and five clusters are formed to take up the present study. KEYWORDS: Two-Step cluster Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Yoga, Attitude

Expressions of Life Meaning among College Students

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 945-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Laverty ◽  
I. W. Kelly ◽  
Coralee Pringle-Nelson ◽  
M. J. Miket ◽  
B. L. Janzen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Religious Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Meaningful Life

This study examined the views of 132 undergraduate students (35 men, 97 women) regarding what they considered to be contributing factors to a worthwhile or meaningful life. They rated, on a 5-point Likert scale, their agreement with each of 40 statements. Cluster analysis yielded three clusters which best described the data. One cluster comprised a religious group, and the other two clusters were nonreligious, with one having characteristics of both the religious and nonreligious cluster.

scholarly journals Which Type of Interpersonal Interaction Better Facilitates College Student Learning and Development in China: Face-to-Face or Online?

2021 ◽  
pp. 209653112110108
Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yin ◽  
Lian Shi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Research University ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Student Autonomy ◽  
Asynchronous Interactions

Purpose: This study attempts to explore how Chinese college students engage in face-to-face synchronous and online asynchronous interactions and examine how the two different interaction types are associated with their academic learning (learning achievement and the development of research skills), satisfaction, and their perceptions of learning environments. Design/Approach/Methods: A sample of 3,999 undergraduate students from a research university in Northern China participated in the survey. A series of cluster analysis, one-way analysis of variance, and hierarchical multiple regression were conducted. Findings: The cluster analysis results revealed that there were four types of learners among these students and that a large percentage of Chinese undergraduates were classified into either digital communicators (36.16%) or passive interactors (32.71%). In general, the face-to-face synchronous interaction generated more desirable academic learning, perceptions of the learning environment, and higher satisfaction than the online asynchronous interaction in most aspects. However, the asynchronous online interaction fostered student autonomy and contributed to students’ completion of an in-depth thesis. Originality/Value: By distinguishing face-to-face synchronous versus online asynchronous interactions, this study led to an enhanced knowledge of the interactive patterns of Chinese college students and uncovered the specific effects of the two types of interpersonal interactions in Chinese research universities.

Longitudinal effects of emotion regulation on social anxiety and affect among young adults

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koninika Mukherjee ◽  
Dilwar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
High Social Anxiety

Purpose Due to ongoing significant life changes during the transition into higher education, social anxiety can be problematic, especially for college students. It has adverse effects on various aspects of one’s life, including one’s feelings and emotions. The study investigated the interplay between social anxiety and emotions and its impact on affect. The aim of this study is to examine the role of difficulties in emotion regulation in the relationship between social anxiety and change in affect. Design/methodology/approach This is a longitudinal study. Data was collected with self-report instruments at two time points with a gap of four months. Participants were Indian undergraduate students from a technical institute. Findings The result revealed that high social anxiety in tandem with difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior significantly impacts changes in positive affect. However, this effect was significant only in the presence of depression. Research limitations/implications This study highlights the harmful impact of comorbid issues such as depression in socially anxious individuals. The present study might have implications for educators and clinicians working with college students. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the only study to test the proposed research model in a sample of Indian college students. The use of a moderated moderation analysis with the three regulation strategies and depression also adds to the uniqueness of this study.

A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS OF PUNJAB TOWARDS YOGA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Asija
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
The Body ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Physical Body ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Mind

In modern life, people generally try to accomplish too much in too little time, consequently they accumulate a lot of stress in their lives. In that time, yoga plays an important role to alleviate the stress and rejuvenate the body. In the times, yoga was a form of Bhakti. Rishi Patanjali, rightly called the father of yoga, who around 200 b.c. gave us the present literary form of yoga doctrine in his famous treaties Yoga Sutra. In modern times, the value of yoga is being increasingly recognized for general and it’s preventive and curative effects. Yoga does not conceive man having a physical body but on the contrary, it emphasizes the greater values of the mind which characterizes his personality, Thus, yoga leads to ultimate physical health and happiness together with the achieve of mental and patience.

Significance of thermoluminescence of the crystalline limestones of Jabar (Purulia district, West Bengal, India)

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 193-199
Author(s):  
Syed H. Akhter ◽  
A.K. Bhattacharya ◽  
D.K.Sen Gupta ◽  
I.K. Kaul
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Purulia District

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Gökmen Arslan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Subjective Vitality ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Adverse Experiences ◽  
Health And Well Being

Loneliness is a serious risk factor for healthy development and flourishing. Although loneliness has been revealed to play an important role in psychological health and well-being, little is known about moderating and mitigating mechanisms underlying this association, especially during adverse experiences (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The current study purposed to explore whether subjective vitality mediated the association of loneliness with psychological adjustment and whether college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on students’ adjustment in the context of loneliness. The study sample comprised 333 undergraduate students (69% female) from a public university in Turkey. They ranged in age between 19 and 41 years (M= 21.94, SD= 4.15). Findings from mediation analysis revealed that loneliness had a significant predictive effect on subjective vitality and psychological adjustment challenges. Subjective vitality also mediated the effect of loneliness on the psychological adjustment of college students. Further, college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on adjustment and had a protective effect on the association between loneliness and subjective vitality in college students. These results indicate that subjective vitality and college belongingness are important mechanisms that may help develop prevention and intervention strategies to foster students’ psychological health and well-being in university settings.

scholarly journals Motivation and Autonomy in Learning English as Foreign Language: A Case Study of Ecuadorian College Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Cevallos Bravo ◽  
Eder A. Intriago ◽  
Jhonny Villafuerte Holguin ◽  
Gustavo Molina Garzon ◽  
Luis Ortega Arcia
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Correct Pronunciation ◽  
Different Levels

This quantitative research aims to examine how different levels of motivation relate to frequency of occurrence of autonomous language learning activities undertaken by undergraduate students. Eight hundred and sixty-two college students from 10 vocational training programs of a public university located in Ecuador, South America, participated in this study. Spratt’s questionnaire that regards ‘autonomy and motivation’ as a cyclical interaction in the language learning process, was updated by the researchers, adding digital education elements. The data were analyzed using the program SPSS v24.0.0 The results showed that there was a significant relationship between: the language learning stimulation generated by professors and the participants’ learning attitudes. In addition, it was determined that the most frequent language practices in which the participants showed greatest autonomy were: listening to songs in English language, worrying about the correct pronunciation, and noting down interesting words or expressions in English.

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